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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Marc MacSharry: Well you knew all about it in Trinity. Is there money now going through the Department to UCD for this purpose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Marc MacSharry: It is a very important question now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Marc MacSharry: No, I am asking the Department of Health. You are the one who seems to have plenipotentiary status to dish out €10 million or €15 million when it suits. I am asking you, are there any moneys going to UCD to support the efforts of Dr. Holohan in that position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Marc MacSharry: I did not ask you that. Is the Department of Health giving UCD any money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Marc MacSharry: How much are they giving?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Marc MacSharry: How much of the €50 million plus did it increase from a calendar perspective, since the non-progression of the TCD secondments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Marc MacSharry: Would there be additional money since then do you think?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Marc MacSharry: I will conclude by saying this whole debacle is unseemly in the extreme. Sadly, it has called into question the continuance in his position of an excellent and very talented Secretary General. It makes a farce of an expression of confidence in the Secretary General by the Tánaiste and the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, National Delivery Plan and Reform, while we have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Marc MacSharry: You do not know, but you seem to have taken a very hands-on involvement, a uniquely, almost exclusive hands-on involvement, in the design of this when it applied to TCD. It seems incredible that you would not have at least some knowledge of what is happening now.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Enterprise Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Marc MacSharry: 692. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget that has been specifically ring fenced for the implementation of the recommendations set out in the Sustainable Enterprise - Creative Economy Report in March 2022, by the Western Development Commission, given the identification of her Department as the primary entity responsible for driving creative enterprise in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Mar 2023)

Marc MacSharry: 179. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence given the time that has elapsed since receipt of the independent review group report into the Defence Forces, when it will be published; if the Government has considered the report; if there is a delay in publication due to advice received from the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15832/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Mar 2023)

Marc MacSharry: 181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will confirm or deny that among the recommendations of the independent review group report on the Defence Forces is the establishment of a tribunal of inquiry to expose and address any cultural issues within the Defence Forces with regard to abuse, bullying, sexual harassment and other wrongdoing. [15834/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Mar 2023)

Marc MacSharry: 180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence with regard to the work of the independent review group, what is to happen to the transcripts of submission made to the independent review group report on the Defence Forces by the victims and survivors of abuse, bullying and wrongdoing; if he will ensure these transcripts are carefully maintained and not destroyed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (28 Mar 2023)

Marc MacSharry: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the maximum grant of €5,000 for households that are not connected to public sewer systems, towards the substantial costs involved for the upgrade or replacement of domestic waste-water treatment systems (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14903/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Mar 2023)

Marc MacSharry: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 28 September 2021, and subsequent correspondence received from her Department sanctioning the transportation of a disabled child who is a full-time wheelchair user (details supplied) by the school bus service to a respite centre on the required days; if her Department will contact the school bus...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Marc MacSharry: I listened earlier to the Taoiseach outline the total superficiality of Private Members' motions, like many of the activities of this House. For the record, therefore, will the Taoiseach confirm for the Irish people who are increasingly and falsely led to believe by all parties including the Taoiseach's party and enthusiastically supported by the media that the will of this Chamber on such...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Mar 2023)

Marc MacSharry: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the amount of revenue generated by the sugar sweetened drinks tax in 2022. [12059/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Mar 2023)

Marc MacSharry: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to expand sugar related taxes to include other goods including a wide range of high sugar quantity confectionary sweets, snacks and other consumable products to help tackle the national obesity pandemic. [12061/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Marc MacSharry: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the vacant property refurbishment grant can be considered where the applicant fulfils the conditions of the scheme and has an independent engineer's report confirming that the vacant property concerned is unsuitable for habitation and structurally unsafe and should be demolished to be replaced with a new dwelling (details...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (9 Mar 2023)

Marc MacSharry: 286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an accommodation provider for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) who is experiencing financial difficulties will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12013/23]