Results 2,141-2,160 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Fund Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: That is fine. I would expect the Minister of State to reject it, but we know what the reality is in terms of actions on the ground.
- Seanad: Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Fund Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: In truth, if everything the Minister of State described was happening on the ground, I would not need to bring forward these proposals. I want to briefly run through some of the initiatives this plan would have financed. They include reform and restructuring of the National Office for Suicide Prevention as an independent office with special status; a ring-fenced budget; performance targets;...
- Seanad: Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Fund Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Agreed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: We will not be opposing the Order of Business today but I wish to ask the Deputy Leader a question. Yesterday, an answer was provided to a parliamentary question in the other House. A report undertaken by the company of the chairman of the west north-west hospitals group led to his resignation and proposed, among other things, the closure of maternity units in Sligo, Castlebar, Letterkenny...
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I again welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for making himself available. We are opposing the Bill. Ordinarily, on a personal level, I would not be comfortable with €12 billion or €13 billion of the people's money being under third-party control. I regularly spoke in that vein when I was on the other side of the House and former Deputy Mary Harney was Minister....
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I am just trying to use the time efficiently. The Minister has kindly made himself available to the House-----
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I know we are, and I have covered that in detail. Before I conclude, I wish to ask the Minister if he or the Taoiseach has had any direct contact with the chairman of the board of the West/North West Hospitals Group, Mr. Daly, before that report was prepared. With all the money we are trying to gather up to run the health service - I tried to give the Minister another €200 million in...
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Minister might bring clarity to that. It is a shock that nothing has been done in respect of the review of maternity services, but I am baffled as to why, in isolation - if that was the case - a company is seeking to dismantle obstetrician-led services in the five hospitals in the west north-west hospitals group. I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence-----
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: -----but I wanted to take advantage of the fact that I had finished my points on the Bill to ask the Minister about this most pressing issue.
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Bismarcksank.
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I did not say that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: We have no problem with all Stages of the Court of Appeal Bill being taken today if that is what is required. At the outset, I welcome Senator Norris back to the House. It is great to see him looking so well and back in full spirits to participate with us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It would be remiss to fail to wish the new Ministers of State well and to commiserate with those who have lost out on this occasion. Genuinely, we wish them all well. However, it speaks volumes when one sees the absence of a female Minister of State. There was ample talent on the Government side to consider. That is borne out by many Members on the Leader's side. As somebody from the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: He seems to have forgotten where he is from. That is the issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: There is a point of view that it speaks volumes about the lack of seriousness with which the Government treats the regions, in particular its failure to empower them to perform to their potential. We express some regret notwithstanding our best wishes to the new Ministers. I ask for an amendment to the Order of Business. The Leader might assist me in terms of what Minister should come to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It should have.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Woe on them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Eye Care: Motion (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. I have said to him in private in the past and have no difficulty now putting it on the record that, in my view, he is the most capable person to hold the office of Minister in any Department, regardless of who is in government.