Results 121-140 of 5,294 for speaker:Michael McCarthy
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: I congratulate Senator Leyden on being appointed deputy Attorney General for the Upper House.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: I do. Senator Finucane raised a serious issue regarding road safety. It is, to say the least, disappointing that the Garda Commission has confirmed in writingâ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: Will the Leader of the House arrange for the Minister for Defence, Deputy Michael Smith, to come to the House to explain how much he intends to squander on a Government jet to fly him and his cohorts around the world at the expense of the taxpayer? The way the Government squanders money is a disgrace.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: We are working on the alternative Leader of the House.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: Blame the Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: I am surprised my colleagues on the Government side would waste two good hours on a subject that does not reflect the text of their motion. I support the Fine Gael amendment. Anyone connected to reality knows that our health system must be the worst in all western civilised democracies.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: It is two-tiered and characterised by mismanagement and the abject failure of the Government to recognise that in 2003 people on trolleys line the corridors of hospitals.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: The Minister knows this because Cork University Hospital in his constituency and my county is no different from any other.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: The Government made a promise before the general election that it would extend the medical card scheme to an extra 200,000 people. That was an out and out lie. It has not done this and had no intention of doing so. It is frightening that in this day and age people who are ill will be treated in our hospitals, if they are lucky enough, based on the amount of money they have in their wallets,...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: However, it is like burying the money in the back yard because we have not being getting value for money.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: Last week we debated the BreastCheck service. The failure of the Government to extend that scheme is inexcusable and indefensible. We hear excuses as to the reason it is not in place from Senators on the other side of the House but it is just not good enough. It is a disgrace that a scheme which can detect such a serious illness has not been extended nationwide. Last Monday night in Bantry in...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: Reality.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: Pathetic.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Michael McCarthy: I said trolleys, not beds.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2003)
Michael McCarthy: I second the amendment. I support the reservations expressed on this side of the House at the manner in which the Government has attempted to control and envelop in secrecy the workings of what is an arch-conservative, right-wing Administration.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Michael McCarthy: We need more accountability.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Michael McCarthy: There is support on this side of the House.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Michael McCarthy: Guillotined.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Michael McCarthy: Well done.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Michael McCarthy: The Senator is wasting time.