"No respect": Marc MacSharry TD explodes on OPW over bike shed

"Let's cover everybody's ass!...But for the people pulling up the cash, we have no respect for them": Independent TD Marc MacSharry grills members of the OPW over the infamous Leinster House bike shed, and the agency's general use of taxpayer funds.
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[@paulwatts196349]

Every single one of them should be sacked now

[@Gizmo85]

100%

[@125ordie2]

Bunch of old codgers screwing the people for decades and looking down their noses from rich town.

[@johndunne4741]

But you know they won’t be ! Off into the sunset on gold plated eye watering public servant pensions , another scandal

[@Deadsmegma]

@@paulwatts196349 sacked, and tried, then imprisonment

[@Kenny-zn6dl]

Don't be silly, you know, I know and everyone else knows that this will just fizzle out and forgotten about until the next one, last year it was rte, now this only much bigger, between over priced hospital, bike shed and indeed a security hut, what will next year bring??? God only knows!! What will come out of all this??? Nothing!!

[@Deadsmegma]

If our ancestors saw how our government are treating this country, we'd already be in 2 year civil w@r

[@RebelofIreland]

we would in our hole. We were conquered for 800 years. That's because we are a passive people who put up with way too much.

[@cheeseball-44]

That's why America has guns.

[@PaulMaher-f3j]

😂 brilliant love it.

[@Deadsmegma]

@@cheeseball-44 we don't? Ira got somehow

[@cheeseball-44]

@@Deadsmegma We wouldn't have the same fire power as the army. That said, there's less than 10k of them and less than 20k Gardai. They can't be everywhere at once lol

[@ronanbrennan6639]

Why not have a committee hearing for O'Gorman and co and their attitude towards the people of this country.

[@085denis]

Brilliant question

[@raydia8852]

Great distraction this..although I welcome the scrutiny...but the civil service (permanent government ) answers to no one and has no legal obligation to the citizens

[@125ordie2]

What would be the point? Nothing happens except increased funding. See RTE.

[@Prodrive1]

Traitor o gorman

[@cemu1065]

Absolutely the greatest question that anyone asked, a simple, straight-forward question, and yet!!!!, none of these ministers of state, representatives for us, Irish tax payers can give a simple answer to. WTF are they doing? Why are they still in power? , WHY are these muppet representing us?.

[@aaronobrien7649]

Who’s accountable for the children’s hospital because they should probably be in jail if they cant figure out this balls up imagine the incompetence with our tax payers money in that project

[@125ordie2]

The Elephant in the room.

[@derekk2708]

Well .. they did struggle to build a cost effective and functioning ... ' BIKE SHED ' !!!!!!!!

[@patodonovan274]

The argranace is mind-blowing, no accountability that's the problem head s so roll.

[@Prodrive1]

Utter waste and a total disgrace

[@annamariapurcell4454]

Don't forget the 800k for a gate.

[@maryrose4712]

Nobody EVER held accountable, just spend the tax payers money however you choose and there will be no consequences. In what other profession would you get away with such gross incompetence?!?!

[@wynbrown5985]

Not just incompetence, it's theft.

[@mubymaher4153]

Tyranny simple

[@125ordie2]

But they all vote FFG.

[@mubymaher4153]

@@125ordie2 yeah hate to say it but your right 👍

[@columboyle527]

Doesn't the teaching "profession" in Ireland get paid regardless of incompetence? The "legal" profession also get away with similar incompetence, win or loose they get paid. Oh aye, traditionally aren't most TDs teachers or lawyers?

[@georgearmani5867]

They'll all be on their bike's soon enough. Vote INDEPENDENT and stop the rot..

[@FunnyCardinal-po2wc]

Mate independents aren't a party party there independents it's in the name I'm not trying to be smart

[@givemeabreak8784]

Independent vote the pact for illegal migrants!! Open borders!!

[@georgearmani5867]

@@FunnyCardinal-po2wc True. But it is an Independent TD asking the questions, the more there are the more questions can be asked and brought to account. Thank you for your comment.👍.

[@neilboyle7546]

​@@FunnyCardinal-po2wcdid he say party ?. What 2 f are u talking about.

[@tracyevans9012]

Voting independents is not going to get this government out. Sure the majority of independents are former Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil tds and they usually support the government. The only way to get this government out is to support Sinn Féin, as they are the only party big enough to have any chance to form the next government.

[@BiranKett-wq5ci]

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[@paddyt4043]

Yes however always retain your critical thinking ...we don't want gript ending up like the lbc of irish air waves

[@galwayvintagecollection3401]

And Gript never allow "Operation Shamrock ☘ 20,21,22,23,24 " comments. Go figure.

[@paddyt4043]

@@galwayvintagecollection3401 was there some sort of new operation shamrock , that originally about post ww2 stuff??

[@galwayvintagecollection3401]

@@paddyt4043 the WW11 orphan story was a way of discrediting the "Operation Shamrock ☘ 20,21,22,23,24 " narrative. The fools think everything is about money and power. OPERATION SHAMROCK ☘ 20,21,22,23,24 " only interested in the Truth for innocent men and women worldwide. We don't do websites, membership fees, subscriptions or anything except Truth and holding the "liars" to account. We can't be bought . We prioritise 1, God/Source/Creator. 2, Family. 3, Community and Country. When our politicians whether selected or elected follow our lead then we may allow them to lead. Until then "Operation Shamrock ☘ 20,21,22,23,24 " wishes all humanity health and happiness. It won't come from Government which means " govern the mind". Not any more. Thanks for the query. Glad to answer. 'Operation Shamrock ☘ 20,21,22,23,24 " hq in rural County Galway wishes all humanity well.

[@df289]

Look at them, it's a club that is paid for by the Taxpayer and they make up their own rules to suit their lifestyles. Just treading water until the state pension kicks in. Never thought about the COSTS.

[@HOLLYHOCKFLOWERS]

No dignity. No conscience. Couldn't give a fiddlers fcuk. That's them in a nut shell.

[@GerryOneill-o8e]

Crooks in Irish politics “””NO WAY 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@horsemanoftheapocalapse5837]

A turd with chocolate icing is still a turd whichever way you taste it and thats what we have in this country.

[@HughHuston]

Some chicken feed will be thrown around in the budget next week, and when the headless chickens try without success to pick it up, the story of Government and Civil Service incompetence will have moved on to, "nothing to see here."

[@noelfleming3567]

This is why d people need answers to try and stop this blatant fiddle

[@prestigeworldwide5047]

'Lessons were learned and we need to do better', rinse & repeat...

[@prestigeworldwide5047]

Bike shelter today can be turned into an outdoor swimming pool for the Dail there's so much rain. Complete and utter waste of money.

[@annamariapurcell4454]

Don't forget the 800k for a gate... that's not being mentioned.

[@prestigeworldwide5047]

@@annamariapurcell4454 yes, but it's a diamond encrusted gate and don't mention the most expensive building in the world, a children's hospital complete with outside polished marble surround water feature. A load more unnecessary vanity features on a kid's hospital which could've just been built on the outskirts of Dublin in one year with nature on it's doorstep to help kids recover. Instead they'll be put into the serpent's eye from the sky. No children in there yet though. They'll be adults by the time they get near finished and then will have to join the nightmare that's the other hospitals.

[@EireFirst2024]

Jail 🙏🏻

[@BobGamer632]

Money laundering and back hand deals it’s an absolute joke

[@eamonnmcmanus4785]

Good video

[@b6986-rich]

Marc McSharry gets my vote

[@jameshogan6142]

Pity he is not standing in next election. He is one of the few TDs who actually represent the electorate.

[@JonJon-en8sz]

He does not suffer fools .

[@mubymaher4153]

​@@JonJon-en8szfair play to him at last someone with balls

[@DavidBreen-c4f]

​@@JonJon-en8szOMG, you guys are Clueless...he is part of the political establishment so he's no problem with fools, he gets votes from them. This is pure theatrics for silly people, he's just playing to the camera, so what? Nothing will change unless all these political Goons are removed.

[@55ablebof]

​@@jameshogan6142A huge loss to politics.

[@Michael-jy5rn]

Ali baba and his 40 thieves thieves

[@polobhuilean5217]

😂😂😂 well well now that y’a mention, ye’swill have a further “40,000 alibabas” moving in next year and next next year etc, welcome to yer new downtown mogadishu life style Orish laddies and lassies 🎉 Just saying ….. 😎

[@Halotest100]

Muppets

[@Michael-jy5rn]

Ali baba and and his 40 thieves

[@brianbickle7395]

The muppets were funny

[@1966vader]

Stop insulting the muppets, I grew up with the🎉m in the 70s, they are brillient, 😅😅 these clownes are thieves, liars and charlatians. 🤬🤬

[@robertk6258]

Who's this guy? I like him

[@josephmurphy1509]

Yes I have to agree entirely.

[@yerdone4]

Marc mac sharry from sligo, met him many times he's a good guy

[@Molly-mg2bk]

​@@josephmurphy1509 I wouldn't have believed it possible that such sensible questions could be asked.......in the " current climate " ,...ahemmmmm!

[@gearoiddom]

McSharry has been decent for quite a while from what I can follow. He is a questioner and does not like BS. If FF put him in as leader instead of the slimebag Martin the country would be way better off. I'd probably still vote FF.

[@vinlennox7658]

Marc McSharry. A sharp knife! Ray McSharry was his father I think. The best finance minister the country ever had by a mile. And he didn't even have a Leaving Cert: just an intelligent man of integrity.

[@LarryColemanColeman]

They just want to cover up there mistakes and there mates

[@Arasuselvan-t2u]

Islam is no 1 problem is Euro countries now !

[@dtomas26]

Extreme Zionism is a problem for the world

[@InsulatedFox]

It's a systemic problem all over, all done by NGO's and virtue signalling politicians. No one wants to be seen as the bad guy by the far left.

[@MasterJaggins]

I see you have not yet reached the bottom of the rabbit hole🐇

[@CuchulainAD]

@Arasuselvan-t2u You don't think all the young people dropping dead are a problem?

[@dtomas26]

@@Arasuselvan-t2u extreme Zionism is the problem

[@noelkelly3223]

These people are laughing at the Irish people who is running this country wake up Ireland for God's sake 🙄 😢god save Ireland 🇮🇪 😊

[@NiallMacthomais]

Nobody will do anything,waste.of time,people are brain-dead when it comes to this stuff

[@Veronica705]

Over one hundred children have gone missing from state care in the past year. This needs to be investigated.

[@annamariapurcell4454]

The answer is shh 🤫 Move along... nothing to see.

[@gloriahealy8003]

Fraud squad should have been brought in weeks ago,

[@barryahern6645]

the fraud squad are in league with them

[@finolaomurchu8217]

The gotcha culture is for us plebs.

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

...not to mention the New Children's Hospital - this is now an international embarrassment. I saw an article about it on KZbin recently - the project is probably up there with the new Berlin Airport!

[@givemeabreak8784]

You won't hear a word about these on RTE or mainstream media only the visit of the unelected tea maker in US.

[@newday2447]

Any civil servant that spends tax payers money like that should be named and shamed

[@foxwoodturning]

Good work GRIPT

[@paddy3762]

What about the security hut that cost 3 times what the bike shed cost.

[@Wordywizard1121]

Where was that? Hadn't heard about it, sorry.

[@lizze8262]

​@@Wordywizard1121 Tomorrow's news. 👍

[@robertwalsh2614]

1.4 million

[@martinbrennan4489]

And that's what running the country kids would do better 🙄

[@moneybags-s4i]

All these civil servants should be made pay 2000e each for this fiasco. Maybe if they had to pay up they would think twice about doing it again. But in Ireland the tax payer pays for everything, even bike sheds for the td's bikes!!!

[@Athena621]

Shame on them.

[@brianbickle7395]

They have none

[@christiansolidarity-ow3dk]

Is there any way to change his mind about not running for re-election?

[@anthonydoyle7370]

Does ANY ONE of these people have the appropriate qualifications and relevant experience to be trusted to do their jobs ? That also goes for the ministers of state in their various positions in charge of departments.

[@mikekelly5869]

Sure they all live in houses, so they know all about building. Fcuking amateurs being in charge is the problem. The OPW being a bloated, institutionalised waste of money is a secondary problem.

[@liamdownes-yq2gx]

This is happening all over the country. Especially with Councils. This week a farmer in west Limerick is installing an underpass for his cattle. Road was closed at 9 am Monday morning. Council gave 5 days to have all works completed. Spoke with farmers neighbour today, and they expect to have the road reopened on Thursday evening all work completed. Congrats to all involved. Now recently the same Council put in underpasses on Limerick Greenway. A much smaller job took 6 weeks to complete . Also the same Council put an underpass on the N21 road at Barna, near Newcastle West, this work took 6 months to complete. Something seriously wrong here when the council gives a farmer 5 days to complete an underpass , then give carte blanche to contractors hired by them. Nobody knows the real cost of this work.Nor does any politician question it. Totally unacceptable.

[@mubymaher4153]

Scratching my head 😮have seen the new bike lane through the city nearly 4 years still not finished but the children's hospital has to be investigated surly

[@Moc5116]

Why not have a clause in every contract ,fixed estimate and time frame to do a job,then fiancell penalty against the contractor for overrun

[@annamariapurcell4454]

​@@Moc5116 Because that would be sensible. They don't do sensible.

[@Moc5116]

@@annamariapurcell4454 . They pass the brown envelopes

[@johnconnors6412]

The road on amiens st to clontarf is still being built. It's over two years, shouldnt have taken 2 montha

[@laetitialogan2017]

Getting worse by the actual hour.....

[@mariehaverty8209]

O my goodness these guys seem to have no idea what’s going down with my money? Why don’t the guys who want these pay for it themselves, or ask the people who pay the tax do they want it. 😊

[@zigzagmoo]

Could listen to this guy all day.He's gold

[@greger61]

Dismissal immediately

[@tomgreene1843]

They seem to be quite happy to individualize matters if a taxpayer fails in their duty ...in fact I think I may have heard the phrase 'Name AND shame ' whoever thought of that ??

[@Moc5116]

Someone with a brown envelope

[@sarahmurphy-nf4yl]

MISUSE of taxpayers' money 💰

[@jamesduffy9946]

Unaccountable clowns

[@michaelosullivan2305]

Now let's talk about how much its costing the tax payer for accommodation for all those illegal immigrants. Or let's not talk about that one shall we. God give me the strength 🙄🙏

[@JonJon-en8sz]

You don’t want the answer to how much we spend on fakeugees accommodation. Mosney alone is costing 200 million, they are all working. Simon wants to charge them 15 euro a week. As you know, this is the price of own door accommodation , Wi-Fi, heating, food inclusive in Dublin. Michael D is in a 5 star hotel in New York. He said fakeugees, working or not, should NOT be charged any rent. Michael D has free own door accommodation in the Park, so I can see where he is coming from.

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

Place is broken

[@michaelosullivan2305]

@@JonJon-en8sz 👌

[@annamariapurcell4454]

That cost is running into the billions. There's rumours of a recession hitting. It's on its way in Germany and France. So what happens if and when it happens here?

[@michaelosullivan2305]

@@annamariapurcell4454 do the government still keep paying for accommodation.. health Care.. social welfare for all those fakeugees recession.

[@kennethcarr6239]

Good questions??back handers

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

Also, what about all these ridiculous cycling schemes? When the roads are eventually re-widened, who is going to foot the bill?

[@snowedman2993]

Who cares to pick up the bill Only the working poor work for nothing you’ll never be idle

[@OatencakeMidleton]

No one asked who got the money???

[@MichaelTobin-zc5nx]

This mam again absolutely right need people like him

[@richiemc1969]

Look at the absolute state of those monsters. They are like soulless zombies.

[@mikekelly5869]

Institutionalised

[@leonienolan511]

Fraud fraud fraud is a crime,, name them ,,fire them

[@anthonydoyle7370]

And jail them. 10 years minimum.

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

These fookers will probably get a fooking pay raise

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

@@leonienolan511 did my other comment go walkies

[@BarDono2]

Excellent!!

[@jacktherack9551]

The brown envelope society 😊

[@PB111627]

They treat Irish Taxpayers money with absolute contempt. It’s like they are in a Casino with limitless access to Taxpayers money.

[@dermotgilmartin1818]

I can Bearley afford food ffs . 🇮🇪😎🙏

[@JeanConnery-s3i]

Thank God someone with a backbone ??

[@natalieroy7589]

We can keep talking and talking but until people are fired without pensions nothing will change, truly disgusting.

[@gerryclaffey5737]

The OPW didn’t lick it off the floor ! They know tax payers money is like confetti

[@glennherr5966]

Good work Gript

[@paddieland]

We don’t seem to be able to build anything on time for a reasonable price anymore. More worryingly I can’t see anything being suggested that will fix it.

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

Someone is going to be driving around in a brand new Mercedes after coining it from the bespoke bicycle shed!

[@peggyontherun39096]

Just a smaller version of RTE, all of them should be sacked, spending tax payers money like there in a casino

[@globalpropertyinvestment]

A useless government backed by a completely incompetent civil service. €380k for a bike rack and we find out today that we spent €1.5m for a security cabin. I used to do shop fit outs and openings and we had to account for any additional euro spent and every single cost. These flutes havent got a clue where money is going. Joke of a country.

[@MrPaulorange]

They do what they are told and keep the head down...as always. Nobody rocks the boat easily😢

[@captain007x]

Remember the port tunnel ( not high enough for regular trucks). The taxpayer forked out for the correction and not the builders.Why?

[@globalpropertyinvestment]

@captain007x The list is endless, I am certain we do not know the half of it. Another genius purchase was the giant printer which wouldn't fit in the government building and which eventually cost €1.8m for itself and associated construction works. Also worthy of mention is the €54m spent on useless voting machines which were eventually sold on for scrap for €70k.

[@TheAaronCarroll]

The last time I saw this room it was for the RTÉ scandal and they got a lovely bonus in the end. If history is anything to go by there will probably be bikes sheds everywhere after this.

[@Trainsandautomobiles]

Take your country back next elections 💪☘️🇮🇪

[@thomasfinnegan2854]

We need to keep hold of politicians like Marc mcsharry not run them

[@gavinfoley103]

They don't care lads. Neither do the TDs and we keep voting them in.

[@yerdone4]

McSharrys been good lately

[@Prodrive1]

Problem in IRL is and always has been... ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY. They waste our tax euros willy nilly knowing they will get away with it. Drives me mad.

[@AnnaCurtis-l1e]

I'm sick and tired of these fiascos every day. No one will be held accountable. Look at Rte? Jesus Christ this country is so corrupt 😢

[@The.Kwijiboe]

One of the most corrupt in europe.

[@Awakenedsoul1583]

People need to be held accountable now instead of skirting around it.The hospital is another problem when the budget was 660m & now is costing 2.2billion

[@125ordie2]

Look its FFG voters.

[@rudithedog7534]

Civil servants watching each other's backs to the detriment of the public.

[@someonenew9442]

Larry Goodman? My father told me about this crook maybe 40 years ago and he’s still at it?

[@caezar55]

That lobotomized woman is the problem. How much commercial experience does she have to make these deals? Zero.

[@patman142]

these people are no doubt on big salaries yet can't even get basic facts right, pure incompetence

[@grahambamford9073]

This country is hemorrhaging cash......spending way to much on way to little. A few people are getting very rich on the tax payers backs. You couldn't run a private business the way some people are running this country. Shocking. The things that matter don't get funding but things like bike sheds get 300k, disgraceful.

[@JulieRabbitt-mj6wb]

These people are a joke but tax payers money is not one

[@Morningstar-xz5bl]

He showed a bit of anger, will he be punished for that? Or is it just theatre again. Sick of these scumbags

[@susancarmichael5624]

The Irish! They are their own worst enemies 😂😂

[@eugenefarrell1002]

When the Children's hospital is finished over budget and God knows when , it will still have to be fitted out and and specialist Doctors and Nurces to work there, Don't be surprised if half the Hospital is left vacant because the HSE have not planned to have the staff to work there when they are cutting the ribbon...

[@balorgalore5629]

The clown show continues

[@biulaimh3097]

Drain the swamp.

[@Darr733]

Just Gormless

[@danwebb4418]

This is a similar gathering to the Ryan Tubridy Public Account Committee, and that went nowhere....All an act..

[@tonymarkham4652]

You serve your time in the county council to be a crook and when you get to TD your qualifiied.

[@ldowling2714]

You and your parties hire them but you never fire them, window dressing for the public, nothing more nothing less, disingenuous out right,keep the club intact

[@paddyt4043]

" we need to learn from the monks" well sir you can sing that !

[@kevinyoung4616]

A politican that makes sence . Can he be cloned.

[@richsees8988]

This is truly truly shocking !!!!

[@AnthonyQuinn-ix4tr]

Fair play Marc you'll be missed

[@gerryconway3864]

Good. Lad. All. Wet. Bike's 😢

[@BanAllNGOS]

Sheer wastage of our money

[@erichicky8931]

Ask them about the disgraceful lax of strategy re. the sale of the land around Castletown House in Celbridge. How on earth can a developer outbid the Government. Banana Republic Inc...

[@mubymaher4153]

All in bed together brown envelopes still alive and kicking

[@johndillon2192]

Get thus government out quickly or the country will be broke

[@jrr9846]

What a shower of Gangsters.

[@robertlondon]

Amazing 😮

[@waterbluedeep]

No it’s not - in government nobody cares - wooden dollars -

[@marymcneill9914]

Absolutely nothing is a disciplinery process no mater who does what. These people are clueless, they are getting the highest pay but know nothing. When you think back over the years and some of the gross neglegence, i.e. The childrens hospital, The bike shed, The millennium clock, The printer that was to big to to get it into the dail, The equine arena that's to small to hold international horse shows in, The luis that also ran way over budget. If a company was run in the same way, it wouldn't last p...ing time.

[@tomstafford3706]

The Voting machines cost millions and sold for scrap ..these Clowns could not run a Bath

[@sammithecow]

Excellent questioning from McSharry....

[@jimmymiller5896]

EVERYONE should challenge EVERY TD on this that is shamefaced enough to knoock on our doors and ask for our vote of confidence