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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) HEAnet promised upgrade can be brought forward as the current service is very poor and not fit for purpose particularly during Covid-19 restrictions in which students are unable to log on to class from home if self-isolating due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34904/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Nov 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 674. To ask the Minister for Health the reason access to the compassionate use programme for the new spinal muscular atrophy drug, risdiplam or Evrysdi, is not currently available to adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Nov 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 675. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the granting of access to the compassionate use programme for the new spinal muscular atrophy drug, risdiplam or Evrysdi, by hospitals to adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34664/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Nov 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a specific reason adults cannot currently avail of the new spinal muscular atrophy drug, risdiplam or Evrysdi, under the compassionate use programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34665/20]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: I welcome the witnesses. They will be familiar with me raising the IBRC liquidation previously, going back to my interest in having a committee of inspection appointed to the liquidation. It is the biggest liquidation in the history of Europe and has been ongoing since February 2013. I am aware that subsequent to us raising it here that legal cases were brought relating to oversight. I...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: We wrote the law, however.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: I appreciate that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: I did not.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: That would be great.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: That would be good. The other query about it at the time was that, apart from the fees being low, and I am sure these particular liquidators are the exception, in the past accountancy firms have been known to add hours to the time measure and stick that time into liquidation A or liquidation B. That is the reason for oversight. I have no doubt that the hourly rates are competitive. Indeed,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: The Secretary General has said it is €277 million. Is that just to the joint special liquidators or is that all professional fees?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: Up to 2017 we were already at €222 million for total fees and I think the joint special liquidator account for €123 million. I am interested to know the totality of professional fees up to the last year end.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: The Secretary General has said that the cases have been settled or stopped, which is fine if that is the case. Is a separate constitutional case being taken as to the legal basis of the 2009 Act?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: Who is taking it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: Are we defending that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: Is that new?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020) Marc MacSharry: Brilliant. I thank the Secretary General.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Marc MacSharry: I agree 100% with that. I propose we write to the Committee on Procedure and ask them to outline precisely the process for amending Standing Orders of the House. When we get that answer, members of the committee can consider through our own parties and groups whether we seek to do that. Like Deputy Catherine Murphy, I agree that the Kerins ruling has been applied overzealously to try to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Marc MacSharry: In two years' time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Marc MacSharry: There is nothing to stop us coming up with our own suggested Standing Order. It is a matter for the weight of our individual self-interests and our political groups as to whether our parties will back that at the reform committee.