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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: There is on every piece of legislation; I am sure it can be done in respect of accountancy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: Is this on the OPW?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I am aware Deputy Munster has an issue on the OPW so I do not know if the committee decided to bring it in on that basis. I think we should bring it in on this anyway. Miesian Plaza is where the Department of Health is located, in the former Bank of Ireland building on Baggot Street. The basic story is that the OPW did a deal with the landlord and, despite being advised by its internal...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: It used to be wall to wall. Maybe I am mixing things up. One measurement system was wall to wall and the other one is window to window, glass to glass. Over a very large building, that can mount up. One system included pillars and one did not. One system included the void spaces like stairwells, lift shafts and so on. That was it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: Yes. The landlord, far from being unscrupulous, is in business and is not going to say, "If that is the rent you are happy to pay, I am happy to accept it." The OPW was to go back after the fact when a lease was signed and say it was paying €10 million too much and ask if there is any chance of a reduction. Fair play to the landlord if they do give one but they are not bound to and I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I already have.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I can assure the Chairman that if that happened, it was not to the benefit of the State.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I support Deputy Verona Murphy on this. There is an issue we might focus on. Obviously Covid has had a huge impact on all aspects of Irish society but one that I do not think is in the spirit of solidarity that we are all embracing is that the RSA has a contract with a company that goes around to check all commercial vehicles. The anecdotal reports coming in are that a budget or contract...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: The operation of this contract, given Covid, is not in the spirit of solidarity that we have in the country at present. We could usefully look at it as a matter of urgency. I support Deputy Verona Murphy on this.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I think this is my first opportunity to congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I wish her very well in her post in the years ahead. I am glad to have the opportunity to make a few points on the Bill. Obviously it is to be welcomed in the sense that, as the Minister said, it deals with some housekeeping matters relating to the operational command issue which makes sense, the extension...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for the response on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. I appreciate this is not her direct area of concern but I mentioned specific areas in my earlier contribution. They include Cornhill Business Park and Mr. Philip Rooney, who asked me to raise this matter. They also take in Mr. William Doogan of MCM Spirits and Liquers at Erneside Business Park....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, for standing in for the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, whom I understand is isolating, and rightly so. I would appreciate it if the Minister of State could provide an update on the national broadband plan. In response to my Question No. 781 of 16 June 2020 the Minister, Deputy Ryan, said that 115,000 rural premises would be connected by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (16 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the steps taken to legislate for e-scooters in accordance with the Programme for Government; his plans to recognise the role e-scooters play as part of Ireland’s sustainable transport mix year; if a second stakeholder consultation will be brought forward by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (16 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place to counteract cross-Border smuggling and illicit trade in products such as tobacco, alcohol and fuel products and to ensure smugglers do not take advantage of the green lane corridors established during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24264/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies (15 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the position of the chief executive officer of an organisation (details supplied), which was extended in 2016 for a four-year period and is set to expire on 30 September 2020, will be advertised; if not being publicly advertised, the precise reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23976/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies (15 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the terms of the chairman and three board members of an organisation (details supplied), together with the three board vacancies which already exist, are set to expire on 30 September 2020; when these positions will be advertised in the media and on the normal Public Jobs online platform; if not being publicly advertised, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies (15 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been an approach by an organisation (details supplied) to seek a further extension to the existing contract of the current CEO; if an extension to the terms of office of the current chairman or board members has been sought; if so, the details of such representations; the person or body that made them; when they were made;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (15 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether, for optimum corporate governance, all organisations and agencies under the competent authority of the State should adhere to the practice of term limits for key personnel including the positions of CEO, chairperson and board members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Staff (15 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 321. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether recruitment for all organisations and agencies under the competent authority of the State should carry out all recruitment in an open, transparent and public manner in line with the principles of corporate governance and established protocols which govern public procurement and the recruitment of personnel...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (15 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the disability allowance assessment criteria for those living with myalgic encephalomyelitis is not representative of the WHO classified neurological disorder myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24081/20]