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Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I am okay with that. The clerk might circulate the exact wording, which I sent him, to all members and we can decide on Thursday.

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I have been raising the issue of vaccine supply publicly since 2 January and, indeed, privately before that with the Taoiseach. I am glad to see the rest of the Oireachtas is now raising it. I am well used to Governments not listening to me but at this stage we are hearing about the matter from every quarter, party colleagues and every Deputy across the House. I hope we can begin to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (4 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the fee arrangements that will be in place for Irish students attending Scottish universities in autumn 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12299/21]

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: Everything changes yet everything stays the same. Professor Sean Barrett of Trinity College Dublin, a former Senator, used to have a phrase when he was in that House, "There is a back stairs for the banks into the Department of Finance". We were in government when he first said that but nothing has changed and that notional back stairs is still very much there. We formulate policy to...

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I thank my colleagues for sharing time. I thank the Minister and Minister of State for their work over this challenging period on designing the return to school. Inevitably, it will never be quick enough for any of us but we are delighted a start has been made. I also thank all of the staff of the Department of Education, the teachers, staff of schools throughout the country, the unions...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the €160 million boost to firms under the Covid-19 fund as announced on 9 February 2021 extends to sports clubs; if not, the reason sports clubs that pay local authority commercial rates and that were covered by his Department's business scheme up to November 2020 when the Covid restrictions support scheme was created now...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) who sat the leaving certificate exams in November and December 2020 and gained an additional 70 points as a result, will be offered a higher preference course on their CAO application 2020 despite accepting the offer of a lower preference course in the absence of the additional 70 points they now have; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (3 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next intake of Garda recruits will occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11648/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I have two brief questions. First, does the Office of Government Procurement procure all services for the State?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: Does it procure legal services or financial services?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: Does it procure stockbroking services?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: It is known that Davy, for example, would carry out work on behalf of the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, and the State in terms of bonds and so on. Do we procure that work or are they just the go-to people? Does the OGP have any role in that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: Mr. Quinn might drop us a note after the meeting relevant to that. Obviously, there have been some developments today on stockbroking nationally with the Central Bank applying fines and so on. If we are in a contract with Davy, what options have we got to sever such contracts or examine the implications of what occurred today? Mr. Quinn might drop us a note on that. Second, is there...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: That was not the question I asked. The question was if there is anything forcing us to consider them. I have made the point, and I might be over-simplistic, that if somebody builds me a house and sues me after the fact I am unlikely to use that builder for my next house. We have had situations where people with that sort of track record in taking litigation against the State - actions...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I am glad to have the opportunity to make a few points. We all support the legislation to introduce quarantines. I take the view that if we are doing it, we should do it for everybody. During the week, the Tánaiste said that if people are coming from the Isle of Man, there is no Covid there and we do not want to hold them up. The primary issue for me is trying to get back to some...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Correspondence (24 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the major banks have given notice that negative interest rates charges are to apply to solicitor client accounts used for commercial and conveyancing transactions handled by solicitors, including the buying and selling of houses and land; if he considers this appropriate; and his views on whether this will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (24 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps taken regarding a complaint made to his Department by way of a protected disclosure over three years ago and reported recently in the media relating to a dog pound (details supplied); if his Department contacted the four Dublin local authorities that use the pound regarding this matter; if so, the actions that were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who registered for the leaving certificate exam in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9837/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Data (24 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of CAO applications submitted in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9837/21]

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

Marc MacSharry: 1050. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision with regard to a tree felling licence application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9428/21]