Results 7,381-7,400 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: They are not the contractee any more anyway, so are we keeping going with this?
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Has the IDA made changes to training and the approach of staff who are abroad and, indeed, the 322 staff overall, to mimic whatever it is Connect does in order that we do not have to pay that kind of money to anybody in the future?
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: It is the world champion at what it does, but it is not just about that. I am just wondering whether ConnectIreland was some superficial thing we entered into as a country that really produced nothing and which we now are going to stop or whether it was something good we will replicate. The natural follow-on question is what the 322 people are doing if we need another company to do the same...
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: If it was Mr. Shanahan's personal call, would he have put the €3 million into some other IDA activity?
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: IDA owns the building which was leased to the Iranian Embassy at one stage. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I am sure we are not engaged in renting to too many embassies, so Mr. Shanahan is probably right. Why were we doing that?
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: The IDA has it back now.
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: The IDA bought them out.
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: The owner was a third party in the private sector.
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: That is fine. In some quarters projected population growth for Dublin has been put at 700,000 by 2025. On the basis of the lack of optimum levels of commercial office space and, obviously, housing, and given that Mr. Shanahan said talent is ultimately the deciding factor for FDI decision makers, what strategy and resources has the IDA employed to diversify the priority? Mr. Shanahan can...
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: It is a problem unless someone is going to live in and commute from Carrick-on-Shannon.
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Following from that, what percentage of €95 million in grant aid went to regions outside Dublin or the east coast?
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: The east coast.
- Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Okay.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Page 60 of the programme for Government speaks about improving waiting times, and along the same lines as our Leader on Leaders' Questions earlier dealing with people with disabilities and other treatments, juvenile arthritis is a major crisis in this country. It might not affect every family, but it affects members of my family and it certainly affects families in every constituency. Young...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: A bit of balanced accuracy now, the same type as the Taoiseach was talking about earlier.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Ceann Comhairle, which question is he answering? Did somebody else ask that question?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: So we are not answering. There are 400 children. There is no room for balanced accuracy on this one.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Deputy McLoughlin should tell Deputy Rock to take a leaf out of his book. The Deputy should read his email before asking a question.