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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: I appreciate that but others were afforded these opportunities. This is an issue close to the Leader's heart. The criteria being used to match these hospitals have more to do with saving money and medical politics than preserving what are the best pathways for outcomes for patients. It is very important that we have a debate in this regard in advance of the Minister's announcement of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: Before would be better.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: I am sure views have been articulated to Members on how they should be formed.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for taking the time out of his busy schedule to always come himself to talk with us. On balance Fianna Fáil welcomes the progress on the national children's hospital. I wish to mention a number of issues and I have some personal reservations. I know the process transcends a different Administration. When one reads the objections to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: Notwithstanding the Minister for Health's regular trips to the House, I request that he be asked to come here once more to deal with the health service budget. He was here last evening but we did not have time to discuss the budget as each of us only had a short time allocated to deal specifically with the new children's hospital. We heard confirmation in recent days of a deficit of ¤400...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: We need more.

Seanad: Measures to Address Bullying: Motion (14 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House. There has been much talk about bullying in schools. I am glad to say at the outset that none of the Minister's nephews bullied me at school and I was not there long enough to have bullied the sons of Eamonn Coghlan who attended the same school.

Seanad: Measures to Address Bullying: Motion (14 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: Senator Norris made the point very well that adults and people in the public eye, which the Senator is much more than I, should watch their conduct. The Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are the ultimate bullies. When one considers what will be shown on "Oireachtas Report" this evening it is highly unlikely to be anybody praising a Minister or a Member of the Opposition praising a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: To follow on from what other speakers have said, as temporary inhabitants of the House we could do nothing without consulting staff who have worked here for decades. In 2002, when I first came to Leinster House, we could smoke in the office. At the time I smoked. It is ridiculous to recall the cloud of fog in which we used to work in the office and in the ante-rooms off the Seanad and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: I second the amendment to the Order of Business by Senator John Crown. I agree wholeheartedly with him. If we are to have an investigation into these matters it is vital that it should be credible, as Senator Crown has rightly pointed out. That is not to impugn the expertise or contribution of these fine medical professionals. There is no doubt that they could probably play a vital role...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Forthcoming Health Council: Discussion with Minister for Health (20 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister. To what extent will the Minister be able to use the Presidency to advance his plans to deliver clinical programmes to the north-west region, in particular?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Forthcoming Health Council: Discussion with Minister for Health (20 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: I assure the Chairman that I am not. On many previous occasions, the Minister has heard me refer to the discriminatory nature of the national cancer control programme in the context of the north west. I have also referred to changes in cardiology, stenting procedures, etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Forthcoming Health Council: Discussion with Minister for Health (20 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: Yes, this is such a matter. I hope the Minister will be able to use the Presidency of the EU to advance care in this country. When I have questioned him on this matter, he has suggested that cross-Border solutions will apply in respect of those in the north west - where there are no cardio-catheterisation facilities - who require stenting procedures. Radiology services are also absent from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion with Minister for Health (20 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: I do not wish to cover the same ground but on the home help issue, does the Minister believe there is a link between that and the increase in attendance at accident and emergency departments? Also, at the launch of the Home and Community Care Ireland group in recent weeks, the group reported it could make savings of up to €280 million on home care while creating more hours for home...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: Yesterday I asked the Leader to make time available for a debate on agriculture. In his reply he stated that I could perhaps draft a questions which could be forwarded to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney. While I accept that the Minister has been generous in giving of his time to come before the House, it is not acceptable that we should be obliged to put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: What are the weakest regions in terms of geography and to what extent are premature children born in them at a disadvantage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: Is any region particularly exposed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: Is it possible for me to stray off the point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: I appreciate that the Chair might rule this out of order. Given the unique expertise of Dr. Murphy in this area, and the current public debate on the matter, I would be interested to hear his professional view on the Savita case. How does he believe the investigation should be brought forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)

Marc MacSharry: Is the Chairman speaking from a Government perspective or from a committee perspective?