Results 2,101-2,120 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: On a point of order, as the Leader has opted to make such a claim, it is only reasonable that he might do the House the service and me the courtesy of outlining the conflict of interest to which he refers.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: On a point of order, it was the Leader who chose to raise this matter on the floor of the House. As a Member of the House and as a citizen of Ireland, I am entitled to some level of protection from the Chair. The Leader stated that it has come to his attention that I have a conflict of interest. As a result of his choosing to share that information in the House and in front of the media, I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I remind the Cathaoirleach-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The procedure which took place yesterday when I accused a member of the HSE of spending the public's money, was that I was lifted by the Chair for saying something about someone outside the House in a way which could have made that individual identifiable. Here we have the Leader of the Seanad impugning my character-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: -----and stating there is a conflict of interest. He is not prepared to share it when the reality is quite different.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: For my information, will the Leader please place on the record-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: -----the nature of the conflict of interests to which he refers? Surely I am entitled to that information.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: If the Leader is not prepared to do that now, I expect a full statement-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: -----from the Government clarifying the position.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Outside the doors of this Chamber, the Leader will not have the protection of privilege.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: This is an outrage. I accuse you of being partisan in order to protect the Government. What is happening here is a disgrace.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: What is outrageous is what the Chair has allowed to be done to a Member of the House. It is a disgrace.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It gives me no pleasure at all to say it, Sir. However, the Cathaoirleach is bringing the Chair and this House into disrepute by allowing this disgraceful impugning of the character of a Member.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister of Health come to the House today to provide a briefing on the medical card fiasco. We have heard a great deal of positive commentary on this issue in recent weeks. The Taoiseach has assured us it will be dealt with, and there have been indications of a postponing or ending of the reviews of discretionary cards. We have had...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Taoiseach comes to the House this morning to explain his extraordinary claims in the Dáil yesterday that he intends to delay the banking inquiry until such time as the Government parties have a majority on it. It seems alarming that the Taoiseach has chosen to tamper with the democratic process in such a way. The Curtin inquiry,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“5. (1) The owner, manager or employee of a sunbed business shall not sell the use of a sunbed on a sunbed premises to a person unless—(a) the owner, manager or employee has assessed the person’s skin type in accordance with the Fitzpatrick skin photo type classification system, or (b) the...
- Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I am disappointed that the Minister cannot accept these amendments. While we will support this Bill, we will also press the amendments. I agree that in his capacity as a doctor, the Minister should not prescribe how people act - what they can or cannot do. All he can do is advise them. However, he is in this Chamber in his capacity as a Government Minister who is responsible for...