Results 901-920 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I called for a debate specifically on the financing aspect. In fairness, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, has been fantastic. However, her budget is neither large enough nor sufficiently targeted. That is why I called for a debate with the Minister, Deputy James Reilly.
- Seanad: Symphysiotomy: Statements (16 May 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and our guests in the Visitors Gallery who are survivors of symphysiotomy. I am entirely unqualified to in any way accurately verbalise how the victims of symphysiotomy must feel given the many challenges and difficulties they have had to endure throughout their lives as a result of this procedure. As we sadly often say in these Houses on a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I ask the Deputy Leader to arrange for the Minister for Health to come to the House as a matter of urgency. We will not put it to a vote today but we expect that this issue will be dealt with in the earlier part of next week. As many will be aware, the board of Tallaght hospital is meeting this morning to consider the 300-page HIQA report which many of us have been reading about in the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)
Marc MacSharry: There are many parts to it, though.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Following on what Senator Brian à Domhnaill and others in the House have said, I want to refer to mortgage arrears. In three weeks it will be almost one year since we introduced the Family Home Bill in the House. A number of other Bills were introduced in the Dáil specifically to provide solutions to the mortgage arrears problem. The Governor of the Central Bank and countless other...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I would also welcome an opportunity to debate the jobs initiative and, from my perspective, its failure. An ESRI conference yesterday learned how 80% of the jobs created in recent times have been located in Dublin, Galway and Cork even though job losses in those locations would only have been 60% of those elsewhere. It is important to focus on the original visions of the national spatial...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that the Minister for Health attend the House immediately to make a statement on and discuss the urgent measures that are clearly required to deal with the 218,000 people waiting for a hospital outpatient appointment. Following referral from a GP, 218,000 people are waiting for a simple outpatient appointment to see a consultant in a hospital....
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: It is an analogy, not an answer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: What if one needs orthopaedic treatment in Waterford? What is the Government doing for those people?
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: There is a large number of people waiting for treatment for four years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I join other Senators in mentioning some high profile cases of illegal moneylending that have come to the fore in recent days. I raised this issue some years ago as a problem in Sligo, while a "Prime Time" programme was made about it in the past 12 months. It is a serious problem that touches every community in Ireland, yet nothing is being done about it. Some draconian measures need to be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I join others in highlighting the fact that this the inaugural Yeats Day. As I am sure others have done, it is important to mention the commitment of Senator Susan O'Keeffe to this project and the committee which put it together. We have seen another great example during the years in the case of Senator David Norris and Bloomsday. Yeats Day, like other international events we host such as...
- Seanad: Seanad Report on the Rights of Older People: Statements (13 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State, who is the most regular visitor to the House, and commend her on her efforts. It was a retrograde step on the part of the Government not to appoint a Minister with specific responsibility for older people, as we did on the previous occasion. In fairness to the Minister of State, she is almost a Minister for everything in the areas of mental health and older...
- Seanad: Seanad Report on the Rights of Older People: Statements (13 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I am not sure it is fair to her or them to expect her to comprehensively cover all these areas, despite her valiant efforts to do it well. I am glad to have the opportunity to make a few points. I commend the work of Senator Zappone, Senator O'Keeffe and the various other people. I commend also Senator Mary White on the substantial document she produced in the context of care for the...
- Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome, as always, the Minister of State to the House and acknowledge she is well aware of this important issue. A number of issues arise from my perspective and I am not satisfied the Minister of State's office has been briefed adequately on the facts relevant to this case. I do not seek to cause an issue to arise between the Minister of State and me. She is focused on her brief and I...