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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: The situation is that €500,000 remains, and when that runs out the money is gone.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: That is fine. I have another question, and then I can come in for a second round. When the Department contracts people, whether under procurement legislation or otherwise, is it normal practice to indemnify them against any claims?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: It is case by case.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: No, I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: Understood. I ask the final portion of my question in the context of section 19 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993. Did we indemnify Polymetrika?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: That was not done.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: That is fine.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: That is fine.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: That is perfect. How much of the budget has been put aside for next year with regard to leaving certificate contingency?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: I believe we are taking things too far with this literal interpretation.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: If Mr. Ó Foghlú is unhappy to talk about it, he may say so to the Chairman, who will stop me.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: I have a yes-no question. Is it safe to say that, at this stage, the Department is preparing to hold written examinations irrespective of whether there is a vaccine?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: Good. Finally, I want to pass on two very quick comments.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Marc MacSharry: I know this does not fall under our remit but, because it will be three weeks before the Department's representatives meet the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, teachers have asked me to raise the cross-departmental issue of contact tracing. The delays in this area are causing them an awful lot of anxiety. Will the Department...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Oct 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy activities he envisages will be included in the new definition of emissions in the proposed climate action Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31967/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Oct 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the differences proposed for agriculture over other sectors in his categorisation of its special role in the new climate action Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31968/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Oct 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if individual farmers can apply to the Climate Action Fund under changes proposed in the climate action Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31969/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Oct 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 249. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has set targets for increasing the use of generics medicine within the medicines market here; if so, the targets; the extent to which Ireland compares to other EU countries in the use of generic medicines; the estimated extra saving envisaged in 2021 by increased use of generics medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Oct 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 250. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has set targets for increasing the use of biosimilars medicine within the medicines market here; if so, the targets; the extent to which Ireland compares to other EU countries in the use of biosimilar medicines; the estimated extra saving envisaged in 2021 by the increased use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31976/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Oct 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 251. To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the proposals from a group within a report (details supplied) which suggest that if implemented, there could be savings of up to a further €1 billion over the next five years in reducing the cost of medicines here; his engagement on the matter; his views on the cost of medicines here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....