Results 2,041-2,060 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: That was done by the Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: If the Leader is to talk about the past, before the Government came to power-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: He knows what I am talking about.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Global warming: blame the Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: What about global warming? The Leader should blame it on Fianna Fáil also.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House. I will stick to the issue under discussion, although there are a few others I could discuss. We welcome this Bill, which was on the programme for Government. Obviously, the last Administration came to an abrupt end, so its legislation on this matter was not dealt with. The Prohibition on Use by Children of Sunbeds and Tanning Devices Bill 2012 proposed...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport come to the House. I will give the wording in a moment or two, but it refers to media reports, last night and this morning, on the head of the Labour Relations Commission. I express the admiration the group on this side of the House has for his work in designing the Haddington Road agreement,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Was the exception made because of Mr. Mulvey's support for the abolition of this House? It was a most unusual stance to adopt for a public official who earned a salary of €168,000 and a further €9,000, sanctioned by the Government, and was against the rules that applied to everyone else. Was he rewarded for his loyalty to the party? Was he rewarded for his loyalty to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: While I appreciate the efforts of the Leader to try to secure the Minister, and it is no disrespect to him, we must push the matter to register the House's disgust at the situation.
- Seanad: Central Bank Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister and wish him well in all his endeavours on our behalf. Fianna Fáil will not be opposing the Bill, which relates to the sale of ICS and to Greece recouping the profits the ECB made on its bonds. The point was made in the Lower House that these two issues are unrelated and that, as a result, this is something of a miscellaneous provisions Bill. It should have been...
- Seanad: Central Bank Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I hope he will be equally amused if we manage to secure some of this funding back. It is one thing to be the lapdog of our German masters, but we must secure a deal for the Irish people. I do not think our masters have been fair to us, quite frankly, in terms of the payments that have to be made. The effect of the actions taken by the Minister for Finance, his predecessor and others was to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I agree with the point about the medical cards issue made by our leader, Senator O'Brien. While I appreciate that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, is coming to the House today to deal with another issue, we want to discuss this issue with him. We commend the Minister because unlike some of his colleagues he always makes himself available for debates in this House. That is not an issue but we...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I did not interrupt Senator Burke. The good reason I was not there is that we passed an all-party motion in this House that the Order of Business takes precedence over any committee work. That is the rule I followed. I ask the Leader to remind his junior colleague that the Order of Business takes precedence and on that day we were raising very important issues, one of which will be dealt...
- Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I move: That Seanad Éireann - noting – - the deep disquiet about the proposed reconfiguration of obstetrician-led maternity services in the West and North West hospital group following the emergence of a private and confidential Health Service Executive (HSE) report on the matter prepared by Health Consultants Health Partnership in February of this year; - that there are clear...
- Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The chief executive of this hospital group, Mr. Bill Maher, has stated that people are very concerned and upset about this issue. That is correct, although people are not upset that a report labelled as private and confidential was exposed by me. They are concerned that in secret the Government is considering plans to downgrade maternity services. They have expressed anger in this regard...
- Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I am using this report, which has no status. It indicates we have the lowest number of obstetricians-----
- Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Minister will get his opportunity to speak. With that in mind, we can consider how services function within the obligations under the working time directive and, arguably, the new consultant contract, as well as competition from abroad and elsewhere. More lucrative medical disciplines can be chosen, meaning further pressure may come to bear. Our concern is that the Government, as it...
- Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I would like the person in Ballyshannon to be able to have a baby delivered with the same access to obstetrician services as the people in Dublin. They are entitled to that. As it stands under the policy driven by the Minister, if a person has a heart attack in those locations, his or her chance of surviving is less than that of people elsewhere. The Minister may laugh all he likes. He...
- Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It proposes to downgrade these services. The people are entitled to be consulted and know what is being secretly planned by the Minister. I will speak again later.