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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 1187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of the process that is followed in her Department following receipt of a report from the occupational health unit of the Civil Service; if there is a policy to disagree with reports that state that there is nothing medically wrong with an employee (details supplied); and if she will make a...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I want to make a few points. I thank the Minister. The plan announced the other evening is not ambitious and lacks strategy. It is a case of live horse and get grass, things will be better and in about two years' time, we can all look forward to eating al fresco with two people per acre while it is raining. On the vaccination side, there is still nobody in charge. Once there is...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I was not, actually. Clearly, they do not speak common sense in Harvard, MIT-----

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: Read the emails-----

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: Why not bring in NPHET-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make contact with the insurance industry to request that annual premium renewals are reduced for sports clubs that are being hit by large premiums. [17165/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, again and ask him if we will make contact with the insurance industry chiefs and request that the annual premium renewals are reduced for sports clubs that are being hit by very large premiums.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for that reply. I am aware of his response to the State getting involved in financial services and he mentioned Irish Public Bodies, IPB Insurance. Is it possible, perhaps, when it comes to community initiatives such as sports clubs, not-for-profit organisations, local festivals and such events, playgrounds and so on, that IPB Insurance could be considered as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State very much for his words but to conclude, there are many reasons not to do something. Real leadership is having the courage to do things. I would like to see the State ultimately entering the financial services world. I do not trust any of the banks, whether we are shareholders in them or not, and I am a former employee of one of them. I do not trust any of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the news about the group the Minister of State chairs. Ultimately, the Government needs to consider the establishment of a State bank, which was not far away from Fianna Fáil, or indeed Fine Gael, policy in the past. Both the Minister and the Minister of State need to unite around the Cabinet table and look at the establishment of a State financial services provider, be that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that can be taken in order that insurance companies provide rebates and premium reductions to customers in the case of a decline of claims costs related to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17166/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: This question is for the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming. Will he outline the measures that can be taken in order that insurance companies provide rebates and premium reductions to customers in the case of a decline of claims costs related to the Covid pandemic?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Part of the issue is when we end up in government we have to say different things. I do not doubt the Minister of State's commitment. As a former Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, I know more than anybody that he would be least likely to go native as quickly as others in the past. The answer prepared for him is that all of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (31 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 352. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which corporation tax receipts held up in 2020. [1863/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in order to make apprenticeships more attractive to industry and prospective apprentices themselves, he will consider amending the operation of apprenticeships to ensure that the relevant State agency that administer these apprenticeships secure all placements for interested parties with companies; if the State will bear all costs...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (24 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an interdepartmental group has been established within his Department to examine energy security issues in Ireland; if so, the membership, terms of reference and reporting timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 503. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the provisions of the help-to-buy incentive scheme beyond 31 December 2021 for first-time buyers especially for those who are self-building and have been unable to progress with their housing projects due to the Covid-19 level 5 restrictions affecting the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (24 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 2038. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive a decision on their felling licence application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15756/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I agree with Deputies Carthy and Catherine Murphy on the public relations expenditure. I have no issue with the company, Q4 Public Relations, whose reputation precedes it. It is a very professional outfit, but why do we need it in the first place? We have in-house media and communications expertise in the Department of Health and the HSE. While I know that in the greater scheme of things...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I agree with Deputy Murphy. I am not happy with the response from UL at all. Regarding the representatives from the university appearing before the committee, I want to ensure that the invitation in that regard is all-encompassing. I state that because we want to discuss a series of issues not dealt with adequately as a result of the work of the previous Committee of Public Accounts. It...