Results 121-138 of 138 for going forward speaker:Marc MacSharry

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Marc MacSharry: ...combating tax avoidance and criminal tax activities are welcome. The Minister went through a number of them and Senator Twomey acknowledged that we will have the opportunity on Committee Stage to go into them in more detail if people so wish. The Finance Bill has brought forward a package of measures underpinning those in the budget which will allow business to thrive and ensure those who...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008)

Marc MacSharry: ...the level of recycling that takes place. However, we have a mountain to climb in terms of what we must do to meet, at the least, our EU obligations, but also to reach the position we would like as good world citizens. I am glad the Minister of State mentioned that it is not just about meeting EU targets and avoiding the financial penalties that will be imposed on us if we do not meet...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: ...am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I fully support the ambitious programmes laid out by the Road Safety Authority and the determined and direct fashion in which it is going about its mission. Enforcement of road safety legislation has always been an issue. Speed is the greatest killer and while I welcome initiatives in recent years such as the penalty points...

Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Second Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Marc MacSharry: ...I have had to congratulate him on his re-election. I wish him well in his portfolio in the next five years. By way of rebuttal, it is ridiculous in the extreme that one should put one's name forward to speak on legislation if one is going to start by saying that, like most others, one has no interest in the legislation, but will avail of the opportunity to bash the Government.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Marc MacSharry: ..."p" in the manner in which they market this country. Last year, it was to be announced that PayPal was to locate in Sligo. It was with huge regret that we read in the newspapers that this was not going to happen. I do not know the reasons this project did not proceed. Gateway centres such as Sligo need these types of industries if they are to play their part in taking the pressure off...

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)

Marc MacSharry: ...the work is already completed, although work is continuing on certain parts along the route. There are two particularly significant developments in respect of the type of competition Ireland faces going forward. One of these which we have not fully grasped and on which we possibly need to focus is the impact of China and India. When China entered the World Trade Organisation, one quarter...

Seanad: Energy Strategy: Motion. (17 May 2006)

Marc MacSharry: ...well in my part of the country but farmers there have other options, including willow and miscanthus. I am not sure if we are regarding these matters with the importance they deserve. They must go to the top of the Government's agenda. Other welcome initiatives include the greener home scheme but we should give people incentives to do more. Senator Minihan discussed the ocean energy...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Marc MacSharry: ...team on infrastructure. Our recommendations in the report included what we described as a higher echelon within An Bord Pleanála who would deal with critical infrastructure Bills. Having got over the embarrassment of most assistant secretaries, of whom there were approximately 25 in the room, laughing at me, we began to explain what we had in mind. In five short years I am delighted that...

Seanad: Energy Resources: Statements. (16 Feb 2006)

Marc MacSharry: ...Members in welcoming the Minister of State to the House and wish him well in his renewed interest in this field. All Members are pleased he has returned to this area of responsibility and look forward to working with him in the future. I welcome the opportunity to make some points in respect of this issue. Although I am significantly younger than Senator Quinn, being from the west of...

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Marc MacSharry: ...the report, I was rebutting an outrageous attack by Senator Ross on the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Gallagher. There is no need to go over this ground other than to say that was not representative of most of the contributions in the House and certainly not in keeping with the recommendations of the report, which I...

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Marc MacSharry: ...be aware, I am a member of the committee but not the sub-committee. I would like to pay tribute to Senator Kenneally, in particular, who was a member of the sub-committee and did tremendous work going through 40 submissions and listening to 45 individual people and organisations at the hearings. It was very comprehensive and I do not think it could have been any more inclusive in terms of...

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Marc MacSharry: ...conceptualising ways to improve this situation in the best possible and most efficient manner we would be better served than through playing political football, hamming on this issue or repeatedly going back over the past. However, the statistics show that this Administration and the one immediately preceding it did more for the elderly than any other Government in the history of the...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Bill 2000: Second Stage. (10 May 2005)

Marc MacSharry: ...should deal with that. They should be paying generous amounts into these funds because there are great risks involved. In terms of incidental waste at sea or objects that fall overboard from cargo ships or otherwise, there should be some method of traceability for all cargo carried by ships. We see such material washed up on beaches throughout the world, not least in Ireland, which is an...

Seanad: Higher Education Review: Statements. (22 Feb 2005)

Marc MacSharry: ...of fulfilling their remit by reacting to the needs of the students and by filling the various voids in the regions in which they operate. The term "mission drift" is one of those new phrases like "going forward". In the case of mission drift, the mission should not be too clearly defined in terms of either type of college. I fundamentally disagree with my colleague, Senator Fitzgerald,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2004)

Marc MacSharry: ...benefit from a balanced debate, with all of the facts, in which we can explore the many positive aspects that are associated with incineration, and the negative ones, and form an opinion on it going forward. In asking the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come before the House we could finally deal with the issue of the review of local government funding, which...

Seanad: Report of Strategic Task Force on Alcohol: Statements. (27 Oct 2004)

Marc MacSharry: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment and I look forward to working with him over the coming years. We had the opportunity to speak on alcohol-related issues last week during the debate on the intoxicating liquor legislation. I wish to reiterate some of the points that were made. I commend the strategic task force on alcohol. It has made great progress in recent years and in...

Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Marc MacSharry: ...standard. If people took the time to read the report from beginning to end, they would see the works had to be carried out to bring it up to the required health and safety standards in order to go forward for the following three years. I am not long in this House and am probably politically naive and ill-informed about many matters. I can only aspire to the greatness and fluency in the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Jun 2003)

Marc MacSharry: ...the Leader arrange for the appropriate Minister or Ministers to come before the House for a detailed debate on the urgent matter of planning and, more specifically, to debate the appropriateness going forward of State funding for organisations, the integrity of which must be called into question? Members know to what I am alluding in this regard. I refer to the organisations which persist...