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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: By whom?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: It is the same set of terms of reference.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: The protected disclosure goes in and alleges whatever it alleges. We send it for an assessment to make sure it is a protected disclosure under the Act. Once that has been determined, it is sent to an external reviewer who is drawn from a panel. He or she operates the review to a set of terms of reference. What the witnesses are saying is that those terms of reference are uniform, be they...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: Does it specifically exclude criminality? Does it stipulate that the external reviewer should not consider issues to do with criminality being alleged?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: Could we check that for tomorrow? It is just that as part of my own research, I have come across the suggestion that a disclosure can go in, get assessed, be a disclosure and go out to the external reviewer with a set of terms of reference that preclude the reviewer from considering any matters to do with criminality.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I understand that. We do not want the reviewer to judge it, but if an external reviewer had a term of reference to exclude that, it might prevent the Department from referring that to An Garda Síochána after the fact, which is actually a condition of the Act. Is that not the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: It is just that I have a particular protected disclosure in mind where I will be alleging tomorrow that this happened, so it would be useful if we had those details.

Public Accounts Committee (2 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Chairman for his apology, which I accept. Like Deputy Verona Murphy, I do not condone the content of the tweet, which was insensitive and inappropriate. It caused hurt to victims and descendants of victims and people who have a particular perspective. I respect and fully understand that. The Committee of Public Accounts is not the place for what some people are seeking,...

Public Accounts Committee (2 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: Outside the committee, I asked a number of parliamentary questions and although replies have come back, I have not had a chance to look at them yet. I have an issue with the corporation. This was established for SMEs. In this instance, it certainly highlights a failing in the rules because I do not think it captures the spirit of where we were coming from with the SBCI, in that a company...

Public Accounts Committee (2 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I agree with the proposal.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Sligo and Leitrim that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39199/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (26 Nov 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) is being refused a place in three schools; the assurance she can provide to allay the fears and upset of the student's parents that there will be a place in a local school for the next school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39508/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I welcome Mr. Doyle and everyone. I wish Mr. Doyle the best in his new role. I am sure he will have no problem getting across the brief, having come from the mixed brief he had. It is even more mixed since he left it. I welcome Ms Hurley and Ms Ryan as well. The Chairman can stop me if he feels he needs to, because I will be somewhat current. During the Covid-19 period have any rules...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Marc MacSharry: Of course safety is of paramount importance. What about the issue of people being paid a full salary for less work, should a person be unable to work remotely? For example, what if the person is outside a broadband area or is simply unable to attend work in a safe space? What I am trying to get at is whether things have evolved to the extent that we are paying a full salary where, for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I support that of course.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Marc MacSharry: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform says that if people work less they should be paid less pro rata. Obviously, we have to look after people so there are financial supports through the pandemic unemployment payment and so on. Will Mr. Doyle check this? I do not expect him to know the answer today. I believe the Property Registration Authority is under the remit of the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I thank Mr. Doyle.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Nov 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 26 and 27 of 4 November 2020, the financial implications or fines arising from the failure of Ireland to meet Regulation (EU) No. 994/2010 from 1 January 2021 on the security of gas supply, which requires member states to comply with the N-1 formula; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute. I am not a regular member of the committee and I am here as a guest today. I thank the representatives from Eir for attending. Unlike State agencies, Eir is not bound to appear before Oireachtas committees. We appreciate this opportunity. I also thank Deputy James O'Connor for allowing me to use his slot to contribute. It gives me no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I will read directly from Twitter this morning, and Ms Lennon can correct me if I am wrong. It refers to it being a "mistake" to go to Sligo.