Results 7,301-7,320 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Can Ms Dunnion appreciate that it might look grubby from the perspective of public perception?
- Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: That would be a different committee where I am sure there will be plenty of opportunities to do that. Does Ms Dunnion appreciate why we are asking these questions?
- Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Were Mr. Quinn advising on the recruitment of a chairman of the board for an organisation like HIQA, would he think it wise or ill-advised to appoint somebody who was a negotiator for the prices of the care the regulation of which he is responsible for?
- Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I know Mr. Quinn is not.
- Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: That was not what I asked. Does Mr. Quinn think it looks grubby or not?
- Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Does Mr. Quinn appreciate that, as a chairman and even a board member, occasionally information may be discussed that endows a competitive advantage on Mr. McEnery and his colleague with BDO in marketing their services elsewhere?
- Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I wish to raise two matters. First, I wish to clarify something. I said that the witness should consider his position. It may well be, without prejudice, because of his successful career in acquiring knowledge and expertise that he has something of a monopoly on information. I mean this in a respectful way. As a result of the latter and because of the public confidence issue, it is on...
- Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Would it be appropriate to inform the secretariat of the committee, not on the record, of the identity of that nursing home?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I thank Deputy Catherine Connolly for allowing me to go ahead of her. I will stop at seven minutes, so I ask the Chairman to notify me when I have reached that point in order that I can give Deputy Connolly a few additional minutes. Yesterday there was a report in the newspapers detailing the top-spending State bodies and Tusla was in fifth place, at €14,011,137. However, when I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: The figure is €14,011,137, which puts Tusla in fifth place in terms of the top-spending State bodies' expenditure on external legal advice and services.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: That is really good but that is about the future. I am interested to see where this is in the accounts. I see professional fees of €3.429 million so I presume-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Is it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Where is it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, I see it now. My apologies; that was my misreading. That is fine. It is not that I am not interested in the future, it is just that time is short and there are several issues I want to address. How many people work in the national internal audit division?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Who does that job?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: How much does Tusla pay the HSE for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Okay, that is fine. I ask the witnesses to give some examples of legacy service issues.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: It is a specific heading in the accounts - legacy services issues, on page 12.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I understand all that. I am asking what kind of issues arise under this heading.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Are we talking about cases of bullying and problems? When we refer to legacy issues, are we talking about problems?