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Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Marc MacSharry: I take pleasure in seconding the amendment. I welcome the Minister for Health and Children to the House. I am a great admirer of her and the determination and conviction with which she pursues the reform of the health service. I would not have been in favour of the break-up of the health board system but, as Senator Feeney stated, we are where we are. The HSE is in place and is...

Seanad: Cancer Services (17 Oct 2007)

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, and am delighted to have the opportunity to raise this Adjournment matter, which refers to the need for the Minister for Health and Children and the Government to ensure cancer services at Sligo General Hospital are maintained and improved to include a satellite service for radiotherapy. I know the Minister of State is aware of this issue...

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

Marc MacSharry: I am glad of the opportunity to speak on this issue. I welcome the Minister of State to the House and wish him every success in his endeavours in the area of innovation. Like the Senators from Donegal, I am from the north west and have a specific interest in that area. It would be remiss not to acknowledge the tremendous and outstanding work done by the IDA and other agencies. Senator Mary...

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

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is the first opportunity 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...

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

Marc MacSharry: I did not interrupt the Senator.

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

Marc MacSharry: Thank you.

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

Marc MacSharry: I have been in this House for a little bit longer than the Senator and I am aware of the procedures and of best practice in terms of achieving the best for our constituency. I am also aware of our constitutional requirements to members of the public.

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

Marc MacSharry: That is, to comment on this Bill in a positive way. Irish people can get loans from foreign banks, but if the Senator had read the Bill, he would realise that it does not deal with that issue. The Bill is about investment firms and the dealing of shares across borders. The Senator wants to get stuck in to the only thing he knows anything about, which is health. Furthermore, it is...

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (1 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is the first opportunity I have had to wish him well in the new Administration, as Minister for Finance. At the outset I want to pay tribute to the management of our finances in recent years. It is almost inconceivable, when one considers where we have come from in the last 20 years, what has been achieved in that period and the level of prosperity...

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (1 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, stated yesterday there would be an increase in the population of the State of approximately 1 million over the coming decades. I believe the north west has the best opportunity to help to alleviate the pressures that will arise as a consequence in Dublin and the main population...

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (1 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: Next Wednesday at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: I join Senator Fitzgerald in seeking a debate on the HSE and cancer services. While I cannot support an amendment to the Order of Business, I am confident the Deputy Leader will try his best to accede to the wishes of the House for a thorough debate on the health service generally and on what, at times, appear to be independent actions by the HSE. There must be accountability, and there...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: That was extremely shocking. If it had been a Member of the Oireachtas, regardless of party, there would have been calls for their resignation from one end of the country to the other. It is a disgrace. It would be of great benefit to have a thorough debate on the matter. Some weeks ago I welcomed the concept of centres of excellence but there have been many developments since then in...

Seanad: Energy Security and Climate Change: Motion (7 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: With all respect to the Minister of State, I regret that the Minister is not here. Having served with him on the committee, there is no doubt of his genuine passion and commitment for solutions to the most significant question facing us and the generations to come that will inhabit this planet. I welcome the opportunity to make some comments on the issue. The motion as put down by the...

Seanad: Energy Security and Climate Change: Motion (7 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: Great strides have been made on the western seaboard in terms of renewable energy, where we see the establishment of many wind farms. However, many more farmers have appropriate sites, but they cannot get permission to go ahead with them, some for planning reasons and some because there is no facility to connect them to the national grid. I would like to see this area prioritised. Let us...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: I join Senator Walsh in calling on the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to come to the House for a debate on the role of sport in bringing the people of this island closer together. The House should note that the 15th round of this year's World Rally Championship will be jointly hosted by Belfast and Sligo this weekend and will have approximately 150,000 spectators.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: The event will bring communities on both sides of the Border together in a way that has not happened to date. It is most significant that the launch of this great event in Stormont tomorrow evening will be celebrated by Dr. Ian Paisley, leaders of Sinn Féin and the other parties in the North, a member of the British royal family and Ministers from this jurisdiction. We should have more...

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

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I 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...

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

Marc MacSharry: It has broadened the Senator's horizons.

Seanad: Pension Provision: Motion (14 Nov 2007)

Marc MacSharry: This is the first opportunity to welcome the current Minister in this Administration and to wish him well in his portfolio. I thank my colleagues in the Progressive Democrats for tabling this motion on what will be one of the most important issues in the future. I wish to comment on some of the issues I have come across in the Green Paper, even though Deputy Olwyn Enright's reaction was...