Results 13,601-13,620 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: They are responsible to nobody then.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: We just give them a €90,000 bonus or put them into ambassadorial roles around the world.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: He has not given an answer.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: Under what Act? I am specifically referring to Secretaries General.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: I get very little time. Other colleagues are up and down like a jack-in-the-box.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: Would you ask the Tánaiste to answer the question? What is the Act?
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: 1039. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1782/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (19 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: 1158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation at the University of Limerick in which an unknown number of staff have been overpaid; the number of staff who are affected; the total amount to be repaid; the individual maximum repayment being sought; when these overpayments commenced; if the university made requests for repayment in the week...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (19 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: 1569. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a rapid smell test (details supplied) which detects Covid-19; if his Department has considered using the test for large scale events; if not, if his Departmental officials will engage with the manufacturers in order to assess the efficacy and suitability of the test for use at large scale events in Ireland; and if he will...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (26 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. I appreciate her taking the time. The history here is that before our more modern bus services in our urban centres, including in Waterford city, in towns like Sligo, we had an imp bus service, which comprised small buses that covered all the areas. We were lucky to have had this in Sligo and...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (26 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for that response, the last paragraph of which was the most important. The rest was a good promotion for Government policy, as normal, which I understand but really a timeframe on this is what is required. While I appreciate that this is not the Minister of State's direct departmental responsibility, I ask her to engage with the Minister of Transport on it. I...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: 401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the legislation governing the invalidity pension means test for claiming an increase for a spouse, civil partner or co-habitant to assess income net of USC, PRSI and PAYE, instead of the gross income of the latter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2920/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Jan 2022)
Marc MacSharry: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a company (details supplied) will be notified of the outcome of an appeal relating to an afforestation licence which was withdrawn pending the outcome of an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3802/22]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (2 Feb 2022)
Marc MacSharry: I am pleased my constituency colleagues, Deputies Harkin and Martin Kenny, are in the Chamber because I know they agree very much with what I am calling for today, which is the immediate recruitment of an additional four clinical nurse specialists in neurology. As the Minister of State is aware, the Neurological Alliance of Ireland has highlighted that we are 100 neurological nurses short of...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (2 Feb 2022)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. As she said, she could quite easily be standing where I am today and if she was, I doubt she would be happy with that response. I am conscious that undoubtedly if it was her constituency, she would be very much focused on trying to get the issue sorted. I appreciate where she is coming from. Two problems arise. The first is 16 additional...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)
Marc MacSharry: The programme for Government committed to supporting the European Central Bank and the Central Bank of Ireland in encouraging competition in our banking sector and to develop the fintech sector as a source of employment and competition. As a former member of the banking enquiry, I am acutely aware of our macro-prudential regulatory failings in the past and the flaw in the dual role of the...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)
Marc MacSharry: -----which applied for a banking licence. I will mention the point for the Taoiseach because it is important. Revolut announced yesterday that it will do some services in Ireland that will be headquartered in Lithuania.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)
Marc MacSharry: It applied for an Irish banking licence then withdrew it. That is 500 jobs for Lithuania, which is its gain and our loss-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)
Marc MacSharry: -----because Ireland is seen as a place you cannot do business in from a banking perspective.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)
Marc MacSharry: I hope that the Taoiseach might take that on board and engage with the Central Bank.