Results 61-80 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: We have consulted with everyone. We have seen no capital outlay to go to St. Angela's, minimal changes in terms of additional staff and the students are already in place. This represents great value for money. There is no doubt the consultant recommended going to UCD and people in the Department agreed with that. It is the Minister's prerogative and duty to examine the entire picture and make...
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: Senator Norris said that an amount of money was spent on St. Catherine's and asked how it could be closing when money had been spent to bring it up to a particular standard. If people took the time to read the report from beginning to end, they would see the works had to be carried out to bring it up to the required health and safety standards in order to go forward for the following three...
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I agree that the freedom of information officer in the Department did us all a disservice. Some 57 students started this year in St. Angela's College, the largest proportion of whom come from County Galway. Some 91.6% of them come from Senator Burke's constituency. Perhaps he will answer the questionââ
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: They are in Sligo because they would rather be there than in UCD where they would pay more on rent, accessing amenities and the general cost of living, but that is where Senator Burke would have them.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: Fine Gael and others would have the young people of the west going to Dublin and paying exorbitant rents.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: Fine Gael would send our young people to Dublin.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I commend the former Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, for his exceptional vision in making the correct decision and not being forced down a road by a consultant with one view. He looked at the bigger picture with no vested interest.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I commend the amendment to the House. I appeal to the Minister to do everything in her power to facilitate the redeployment and help the staff of St. Catherine's College in every way possible.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: We have listened to enough from the Senator for the past few years.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: Six out of 57 this year.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: Only six out of 57 are from Dublin.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: The facts speak for themselves.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: They are 100% correct.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House and this amending Bill which is a positive step. Since the Minister, Deputy McDowell, took office, he has stated his intention to address the chronic alcohol abuse and under-age drinking endemic in society. Extending the cut-off time from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. from May to October is another positive step. Even though a more detailed Bill on the licensing laws...
- Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements. (20 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him on his recent appointment. I look forward to working with him over the coming years. I am delighted to have the opportunity to make a few points on the important subject of planning, on which we all have so much to say. In the two years in which I have been a Member of this House, I have looked forward to the opportunity to speak on...
- Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements. (20 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: ââand in search of the local store, around which we all huddle, selling all amenities. Far from that, it was rural and regional Ireland that built the Dublin cities and Celtic tigers of today. The inhabitants of rural and regional areas wish, as is their right, to develop and evolve in a natural and progressive way such that they will have the amenities they desire in their towns and...
- Seanad: Report of Strategic Task Force on Alcohol: Statements. (27 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I wish to share my time with Senator White.
- Seanad: Report of Strategic Task Force on Alcohol: Statements. (27 Oct 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment and I look forward to working with him over the coming years. We had the opportunity to speak on alcohol-related issues last week during the debate on the intoxicating liquor legislation. I wish to reiterate some of the points that were made. I commend the strategic task force on alcohol. It has made great progress in recent years and in...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2004)
Marc MacSharry: Is it possible to have an urgent debate on the fisheries industry which is in crisis? Only this morning we learned of the laying off of 60 workers at and the effective closure of a processing plant in Burtonport, County Donegal, largely due to the existence of prohibitive fish quotas and the fact that many Irish registered boats choose to land catches in other countries such as Scotland and...
- Seanad: Competitiveness and Consumer Protection Policy: Statements. (10 Nov 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I am delighted to have the opportunity to discuss competitiveness. I will not consider in detail consumer issues and the talk of a rip-off Ireland which has featured in the debate. However, some points need to be made on Ireland's competitiveness. It is significant that Ireland was renowned in recent years as one of the most competitive countries, possibly in the top five in the world,...