Results 941-960 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Muzzled again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I second Senator à Domhnaill's amendment to the Order of Business. I again call for a debate on mortgage arrears. Reports in today's newspapers state that the banks have been given the go ahead by the Central Bank to offer split mortgages to people in distress. To take the good out of it, it seems an additional interest rate will be applied to the warehoused part of the mortgage. It is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: On a point of order. Although the House is public property and it is perhaps appropriate that it should be made available for a conference, the subject matter-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: -----of the conference makes it akin to allowing the UN Assembly be made available to the rebels in Syria. We should be conscious of that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: The CPP needs to be more sensitive and take more control of how the Chamber is going to be used. Of course, it is public property and it is useful that it be used for public debate. However, to use it for that particular debate plays into the discussion we had all day yesterday about pursuing the Government agenda, manipulating a process to guarantee the abolition of this House. It is not...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome the Bill which is long overdue. It was in the programme for Government and it was announced three or four times over the last year, so it is good to see it finally before us. It was promised in May 2011 and was announced a few times after that also by the Minister, Deputy Bruton, and the Minister of State. It is good to see it...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: In my view that would be wrong. The Minister of State's background is in small business and he fully appreciates my point of view. Let us get more information on how the scheme will be underwritten, who the underwriters will be and what assurances will be there. We must ensure that we are not just guaranteeing the banks to lend to more blue-chip companies, rather than capturing the spirit...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: That is great news. If it is being published tomorrow, I suppose the Minister of State knows what it contains so he might give us a sneak preview of how it will work.
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: If somebody is lucky enough to avail of this scheme, can they also avail of the other one? I congratulate the Minister of State on his commitment to this area, which I do not doubt.
- Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and the legislation before us. We supported the Government's position on the treaty and the establishment of the ESM, which will certainly give us options other than entering the bond markets again as a guinea pig to satisfy the egos of the people in the NTMA or Europe. If money is available at 3% interest, I would prefer that to funding at 7%...
- Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: That is the Senator's opinion but my opinion is different. We must do something to help these people. We must put them front and centre in this crisis. For far too long the banks have been in that position.
- Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Lending to them.
- Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: The engine is full of fuel, but we are not driving anywhere.
- Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: The Minister of State can multi-task.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I, along with other Members, ask for a debate on the personal insolvency Bill next week. It seems ridiculous in the extreme that we must continue to wait. We have already waited for many years, and I include the years when I was on the Government side of the House when proposals were also made. Many proposals and Bills have been made since I have been on this, the Opposition side of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: It is similar to showing a burglar the blueprints for an alarm system before it is installed. I call for a debate, even if the Bill is mammoth in size and consists of 200 pages. The Taoiseach and Tánaiste quite comically wasted public time by holding a press conference to display their unity rather than highlighting the importance of the mortgage issue. This House has the capacity and...
- Seanad: Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (27 Jun 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister and I am glad to have an opportunity to make a few points on the report. I am not a member of the joint committee that prepared it. However, I commend the work of Deputy Andrew Doyle and the committee, including Fianna Fáil Senators Paschal Mooney and Mark Daly who would have participated in this debate but are unable to be here for it. The points made by the...