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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: I am going to stop Mr. Griffin.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: I am sure there are people using it. Are all State agencies using it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: No, in other words.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: That is fine. We might find out the answer to that question. As with climate change, let us start setting targets to get everybody using this and if it is not fit for purpose and it is another €38 million, then so be it. It would be a disaster but if it was the case-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: I am sorry for cutting Mr. Griffin off but before when he was here-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: The Chairman gave 20 minutes to the previous person so he might be a little bit lenient with me.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: Fine, that is 16 minutes. Mr. Griffin told the Committee of Public Accounts that the more people in Ireland who get broadband the more we will see Eircode being used. It is a bit like "Live horse and you'll get grass",
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: Mr. Griffin told the Committee of Public Accounts before that the more people who get broadband, the more benefit we will see.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: I ask that Mr. Griffin identifies all the State agencies and sets targets for all those people to use Eircode to its maximum capability. As the shining light in this area, I have no doubt the Department will set an example.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: I will move on to shared services. What shared services has the Department availed of?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: Is there still duplication?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: Is the Department doing any of that in-house as well?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: How much is the saving?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: That will be important because we would like to be able to have a metric to measure against to see that this thing is working and how much it is saving us. I will move on to the subsidiaries of An Post. We have Air Business, Jordans, One Direct and the Gift Voucher Shop. Are they all wholly owned subsidiaries or is the private sector involved?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: What about the other two?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: Could Mr. Griffin check that? Could he check if any current serving staff of An Post, either at senior or junior level, are shareholders in those companies? Are there service level agreements in place for each of them and are they signed?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: Yes. I am out of time. One thing that has always bothered me is prize bonds. We all probably got presents of them from grannies or granddads over the years. Does anybody win on them?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: I am sure at the bottom of the small print on some website, this information is available. Will Mr. Griffin outline how much money was won and what part of the country beneficiaries were in over the past year, so we can have peace of mind that there are winners?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Marc MacSharry: No. I do not know whether I have too many but I certainly have not won.