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Public Accounts Committee: Report of Comptroller and Auditor General 2016
Chapter 19 - Management and Oversight of Grants to Health Agencies (26 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: It may or may not be.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: This is the first opportunity I have had to congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, on his appointment. I served with him in the Seanad and on the banking inquiry, where we were locked up for a few years. It is nice to see him in that position.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: I hope he enjoys his tenure and that he does a good job on our behalf. Now, that is enough of the niceties. Let normal hostilities resume.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: I am glad to have an opportunity to make some general points on the finances in the budget. This is the Second Stage debate on the Finance Bill and we will get into more detail later. I am well aware of our responsibilities and commitments in the confidence and supply deal, as intolerable as it is at times for the House to put up with it. However, such was the arithmetic and it was the...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy English, for being here to listen to the debate. I am sorry the Minister had to leave. Nevertheless, I am glad the Minister of State is here to respond to the debate. I think this is our third or fourth opportunity to address this matter and I am grateful to Deputy Healy for giving us another opportunity to put more points about this housing emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (24 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a submission made by a person (details supplied) seeking consideration by the OPW of a specific site the person wished to offer for the new regional Garda headquarters in Sligo; the reason the person in question has had no reply; if a specific site is the subject of ongoing procurement processes; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (24 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose and origin of the State property miscellaneous deposits account; the balance in the account; the areas from which the deposits are derived; the reason it is not reflected through the general government fund and not brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45082/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (24 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there is no register in place to record each property accrual to the State in circumstances (details supplied); the reason there is no process within Government Departments to record assets accruing in this manner; the nature, number, value and location of such assets which have accrued to the State in this manner, in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (24 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the accounts not presented to Dáil Éireann or reflected in the general Government fund in view of the existence of the State property miscellaneous deposit account; the balance of each account; the person or body that manages these accounts; the areas from which moneys within these accounts are derived; the purposes the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 238. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dignity at work complaint submitted by a person (details supplied) working at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin; the detail of the process; the length of time the process will take; when it will be concluded; if there have been changes to the treatment of the complainant during the process; if so, the reason therefore; and if he...

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: The acting Garda Commissioner recently told the Committee of Public Accounts that the decision on Stepaside Garda station had already been made, that the OPW was pressing ahead and at an advanced stage with the project. The Minister might want to tell his colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, to send a tweet that perhaps it might never happen, certainly...

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: That is for sure.

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: I am available to help, not that I have a site, but as a former practising auctioneer in the area, I know that there is no shortage of potential sites and that people made submissions following the call and the placing of adverts. Perhaps, in order to progress the project, the relevant parties in the OPW might like to contact me, as well as Deputy Eamon Scanlon, Deputy Tony McLoughlin of...

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Stepaside Garda station will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44071/17]

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: When will Stepaside Garda station be reopened? It follows a decision that caused much public controversy. Let us contrast this decision with the tangible lack of action in the advancement of work on a new regional Garda headquarters in Sligo where there is no running water and no shower facilities in the Garda station. The cells have been condemned to the extent that members of the Garda...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: Theoretically, 100 companies could dissolve and 100 sets of assets would transfer to the State, but the State would know nothing about them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: From a value for money point of view, should this not be an issue that the committee pursues separately?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: Even to register or log?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: As an aside, apart from referring this company to the Department should we not write to the Department asking for a report on this with a view to it establishing such a measure?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: If it is a case that there are properties that, theoretically, are owned by the people then they are wide open, if there is no register, to squatters' rights and are lost to the State, in any event. It is an important issue to raise.