Results 221-240 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Pension Provision: Motion (14 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: It is drawing nearer in any event. Many of my friends, none of whom was contributing to pension schemes, laughed at me and stated that it was my tough luck. Perhaps I will eventually have the last laugh. These are some of the reasons the people who will be most vulnerable when the time comes have not bought into the process. In discussions on the Green Paper, perhaps we could consider the...
- Seanad: Cancer Services: Statements (20 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House. There were some comments on this issue some time ago when the cancer control strategy was announced. We all welcome the concept of centres of excellence. I will follow up on that, although certain matters are coming to light which show issues remain to be dealt with in the north west as a matter of the utmost urgency. I hope the Minister will take my...
- Seanad: Cancer Services: Statements (20 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: There are other details from the O'Higgins report, entitled The Development of Services for Symptomatic Breast Disease, which is a report of the sub-group to the National Cancer Forum. It states: "A unit seeing 100 cases of breast cancer per year would see at least 1,000 new patients with breast symptoms annually." As it stands, medical personnel in Sligo General Hospital carry out 4,000...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: Now that the applause is over, I am delighted to have the opportunity to make some comments on the budget delivered earlier. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am delighted to see a queue of speakers on the opposite side of the House, no doubt to welcome what is probably the best budget since 1987-89.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: I will start my contribution by stating a few facts.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: I did not interrupt anybody on the other side of the House.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: Despite the standard annual rhetoric we have heard from the Oppositionââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: âânobody has contributed more, across all of the headings Senator Twomey mentioned, than Fianna Fáil in Government since the foundation of the State. That is a fact. It may be a painful one when one is sitting on the Opposition benches but it is a fact nevertheless. It pains me to hear Deputy Twomey pour water on the significant increases, in what are difficult international and...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: Those are the facts. Thank God for the late great Jim Kemmy and Fianna Fáilââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: ââwho took down that Government, which is what it deserved. The Opposition should not tell us what should or could have been done because when faced with the opportunity â not Senator Twomey because he was an Independent at that timeââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: Nevertheless, nobody has achieved more in terms of delivering to the people of this country than Fianna Fáil in Government.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: Those are the facts. I wholeheartedly support, on behalf of my Fianna Fáil colleagues â Senator Boyle of the Green Party will join us later â and the Progressive Democrats, the Minister, Deputy Cowen, in respect of a budget that has introduced a number of significant packages at the right time. We have faced a challenging international environment in recent times. When somebody sits...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: No, it is not a U-turn.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: This budget contains increases across all the relevant headings at a time when growth is below what has been the trend of recent times. The Minister successfully managed to do that. He has got the balance right in terms of watching current expenditure while also ensuring, not through taxation but through moderate borrowing, that there will be continued progress in the capital programme....
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: ââbut I remember it well. Thank God for democracy. Thank God the people have seen sense on a consistent basis and realise there is no substitute for experience and delivery, as has been evident from 1987 to now. Certainly, economic circumstances have changed nationally and internationally. Whether it is the result of genius or his experience in so many Departmentsââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: ââwe have seen the Minister deliver a budget that looks after the most vulnerable in society while establishing an economic environment that will allow the economy to grow at sustainable levels. I welcome that. There are very significant increases in the non-contributory pension.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: What was the increase from the Senator's party in 1982?
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: What was it in 1993?
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: We must deal with the facts. This is an extraordinary level of interruption, a Chathaoirligh. I was respectful and quiet as I listened to the Opposition spokespersonââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: ââand I intend to be until the end of the debate.