Results 1,261-1,280 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: What about the manifesto?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: That is the Government's policy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Senator Bacik should show it to him.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We will not oppose the Order of Business as it is important that the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, is in today. We do not like having a shorter time for people to speak but it is what it is. I ask the Leader to inquire of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Deputy Howlin, and the Taoiseach the full detail of the Croke Park deal. I know the final document has not yet been...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is unfair and the demeanour of the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, last night was consistent with the arrogance portrayed by the Government. It indicates to nurses that if they do not play ball with the Government, it will walk over them. That is wrong, and I hope the Leader will ask the Taoiseach to immediately clarify that, at an absolute minimum, the nurses' position will be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, namely, that the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, come to the House to explain what alternatives to the cutting of the mobility grant and transport allowance, as announced so suddenly last night, were examined and deemed illegal. I cannot understand what this Government has against people with disabilities....
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The horse has bolted. Consultations on an issue do not take place after the fact rather they take place before it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I was never in government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: If I have a credible point to make whether the previous Government did or did not do something is not my concern in defending the people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: No. I do not need any Biblical rhetoric from Senator Bacik.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: This Government supposedly agonised over its decision to wipe out payments for 4,700 people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Sit down then.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Has the Senator something to say?
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: That is what he said. It's just something parties do before elections.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Many of them did not apply for the positions at all.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: What about the two people who-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: What about the two who did not apply for the job?
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: A Labour press officer and an activist were appointed to a State body.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: That is a great defence.