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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: Very good. Thank you. Thanks, Minister.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Beef Data Programme (23 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh, for accepting the matter. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris. My matter relates specifically to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and while I accept it is not within the Minister of State's area of responsibility, I appreciate him coming to give a response. The matter relates to the beef genomics scheme on which I have consulted...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Beef Data Programme (23 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Sadly, however, I disagree with most of what has been given to him to provide in his reply. I would like to bring some of the people from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, ICBF, to a few marts, and perhaps Senator Comiskey could come along with us, because what was said is not what is being borne out on the ground. The other thing that...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the publication of the figure of €27 billion over the next number of years and eagerly await all the pre-election promises. One hopes that the litany of broken promises does not follow if the Government is returned to power. One of the details that has emerged is that there will be approximately €18 million for the refurbishment of Garda stations. It has not been...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: He is on the pitch. He needs to perform. He should not be threatening staff that they will be fired. Then again, this is what the Taoiseach has done with regard to-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: I ask that the Minister be brought to the House today. That is an amendment to the Order of Business. The Minister should address his failure to acknowledge his position as the person in command of the health service. I would like him to outline for us what will be done to mitigate the disaster which has seen record numbers on waiting lists and trolleys in recent months.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: I reserve my right to raise it on another day.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: While we will not oppose the Order of Business, I would like a debate to be held early next week regarding rural Ireland and rural regeneration. We welcome the many announcements that have been made in the course of the past 24 hours on the so-called capital programme, and certain programmes seem to be supported on a regional basis, but the absence of a strategic approach to empowering rural...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: I was never a Minister.

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (30 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. One thing is certain, whatever decisions are made on budget day will be wrong in the sense that we would all have our version of what should and ought to be done. That would vary from person to person within the Labour Party, the Fine Gael Party and, perhaps, within all members of society. The choices are what politically divide us. We are...

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (30 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: I must not have been listening attentively. I apologise. Is it within the €750 million?

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (30 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: It will be €450 million of new measures. Now we know that there will be €300 million off the top of the €1.2 billion or €1.5 billion under the Lansdowne Road agreement. It is good to have that clarification. Will the additional spending commitments required take account of demographic pressures on health, education and welfare and the scope for expenditure to...

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Marc MacSharry: It is primary.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am pleased to have an opportunity to make a few points about the budget. It is great to have a budget that gives something rather than takes more away. I do not want to disappoint anybody, but that will be my only positive comment.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Marc MacSharry: It seems the new word in everyone's vocabulary is "space". As Senator Barrett will be aware, the Chairman of the banking inquiry constantly spoke about space. In any case, the recovery has provided fiscal space in the economy. Ultimately, this is a people's recovery, rather than a Brendan Howlin, Michael Noonan, Fine Gael or Labour Party recovery. People sacrificed so much in recent years...

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Marc MacSharry: Perhaps the Acting Chairman would like to regain control of the Chamber.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Marc MacSharry: The budget does not contain any measures to reduce hospital waiting lists. The decision on whether to hold the election on November or March 2016 has been a topic of discussion. I wonder what will be the Government's view in January when the waiting lists are even longer. We have 171 vacant consultant posts because consultants will not stay in Ireland. Despite being trained here to the...

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Marc MacSharry: Those are the facts. I am sure pensioners are delighted with the derisory €3 increase in their weekly pension. Will it pay for a cup of coffee and a scone? Perhaps it will in Sligo, but I doubt it would pay for coffee and a scone on St. Stephen's Green. I wonder what they think of the increase of €800 per week in take-home pay that some people will receive? Did the...

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Marc MacSharry: No punditry, now. Come on. Tell us the facts. Leave the punditry to the pundits.