Results 1-15 of 15 for waste management speaker:Marc MacSharry

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: ...because a matter was raised at this meeting. These are not my words. That was the judgment. Last week, we were stonewalled. I think I used the phrase "How people like Maurice McCabe ever managed to get justice is beyond me" because if somebody in the Prison Service came to me with a complaint today I would genuinely advise them not to issue a protective disclosure, not to make a...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Marc MacSharry: ...we are looking at austerity as the only way of achieving it. I am choosing to use my time to pool several questions and then the Minister can respond rather than going in and out, which will just waste time. We will have to consider the sunken costs that all businesses are facing at the moment, be they utilities, insurance, security, IT or others. In order to stand still there are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network Expansion (12 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...person knows needs to be done? We need to expand this. Have we not got the money? Who is taking the decision? Why is he putting this out to tender? How much will that cost? That is more money wasted that could be much-better spent elsewhere. Returning to value-for-money, I apologise and I know this will annoy the Minister, but I have to give him the kick on this. I do not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Marc MacSharry: .... Nobody knows, but we have KPMG here, which I am sure is doing a fantastic job and paying itself from recoveries. Those amounts, while agreed in terms of the lower rates negotiated by the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, would be questioned by a committee of inspection as to whether two partners, four juniors and a technician are needed for a specific course of action for...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (4 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: .... I also wish to raise the issue of home help hours, which has become an issue in all Members' constituencies. All Members are aware the cupboard is bare in terms of resources but it is about the management of what is being done. Older person services are covered under the social care division, which in turn is a division within the community care area. The Ministers of State...

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Marc MacSharry: ...this Government’s turn to face its responsibilities. This organisation needs to be abolished. We must stop throwing good money after bad. I have shown its abject failure in accounting and the waste of €785 million. What could any of us have done in our areas with that sort of money for infrastructure? Instead it is gone, €540 million has been spent on redundant...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Marc MacSharry: ...and will cost €60 to bring up to date within a 15-year period. That makes debacles of the past such as electronic voting machines worth €50 million pale into insignificance when one considers this kind of waste. The other amount mentioned was €170 million between the set-up costs and the consultants' fees which were hidden when the former Minister misled the other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (24 Oct 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...expenditure each year could be €1.3 billion. Could the witnesses elaborate a little more in that regard? They said it is not in the interests of patients, the health service or anyone. Are we wasting money, doing the wrong things with it or is it purely an issue of general management following on from a strategy? I would welcome more information in that regard. There was brief...

Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Marc MacSharry: ...taken into account and now the person may not be accepted for the mortgage. There is also an issue with regard to businesses. The Minister of State said we must get back to the time where the bank manager knows and appreciates the customer. I agree. We are now applying a level of regulation that was probably appropriate to the height of the boom. However, it is being put into practice...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Marc MacSharry: .... In that context I call for an immediate debate on the four-year plan and the preparation of the budget in order that all Members can play their part in feeding into that process. I am a former manager of a beef export plant which had to be checked regularly by the veterinary authorities and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The vet would tell me if anything was being...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Marc MacSharry: ...with the European Court of Justice ruling of July, Ireland must broaden its VAT regime to cover public bodies, including local authorities engaged in activities such as landfill, recycling and waste collection, an issue which the Minister referred to in some detail. The Minister has indicated the possible introduction of a property tax. While this is again very unpalatable, I would...

Seanad: Economic and Recovery Authority: Motion (1 Apr 2009)

Marc MacSharry: ...that will contribute most to our competitiveness. I will say a little more about green energy presently. This would also encourage the National Pensions Reserve Fund which continues to manage its assets with a view to making the maximum contribution to the cost of future pension liabilities in a manner that will maintain the country's commitment to long-term fiscal stability. Many of the...

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

Marc MacSharry: I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute on this issue. The Minister of State's speech demonstrates that we have come a significant way with regard to waste, particularly considering the situation in the 1980s when landfill was at the summit of our waste management strategy. It was the only option available to us at the time and there was little or no talk, other than an...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Marc MacSharry: .... If there can be a link with Letterkenny, why not have a satellite link with Sligo also? While I am not a health professional like Senators Prendergast and Twomey, it appears to me the general management of the health service needs to be addressed. The Minister and the senior executive of the HSE are seeking to achieve this. For example, among the types of expenditure postponed at...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Apr 2003)

Marc MacSharry: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Deputy Cullen, to the House as a matter of urgency to discuss waste management, the single biggest challenge facing Irish society today. As Members will be aware, in recent days reports have shown that there are serious infrastructural deficiencies in handling increased quantities of waste. At the same it...