Results 121-140 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I am sure she would not. Senator Coghlan is a personal friend of mine but the Fine Gael amendment to the motion is highly irresponsible. It does not deal with consumers' interests or the groceries order and, rather than engaging in a meaningful debate about what consumers need, it is an attempt to slap Fianna Fáil even though there is no opportunity to do so. Consumers' needs are the concern...
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Marc MacSharry: Senator Quinn's opinions might be worth exploring in the consultation process. I am sure his submission has gone to the Minister of State in private as well as in this House and it should be examined in detail. When speaking of consumers, we too often consider the people who buy only one item over counters. As both Senators White and Coghlan are aware, business people are increasingly...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I join with others in expressing concern for the five people in Mayo who have been imprisoned as a consequence of their protest at the construction of the onshore gas pipeline. I ask the Leader to organise another debate on this matter in the next session because the message has not been received by the Minister that direct intervention is required to prevent the major crime that is being...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)
Marc MacSharry: The people of the north west effectively own this resource but will derive no benefit from it.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I join with Senator Kenneally in calling for a debate on cancer care. While Senator Kenneally and others who live south of a line from Dublin to Galway can celebrate the imminent roll-out of radiotherapy services, those of us living north of that line do not have the same privilege and cannot look forward to it. I ask the Leader to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children,...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I join other Senators in calling for a debate on the joint Oireachtas committee report on salmon drift netting, draft netting and angling. I, too, am a member of the committee and believe it has produced an excellent report. The House was admirably represented by Senator Kenneally on the sub-committee, which did most of the work on the report. This deserves mention this afternoon. The five...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)
Marc MacSharry: Senator O'Toole mentioned we wanted all-party consensus on this issue. The report was produced by an all-party committee. If any particular party did not participate in that committee, this would have been through its own choice rather than a decision implemented by anybody else. On a second pointââ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)
Marc MacSharry: There is no need for a counsellor here.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I join others in calling for a comprehensive debate on road safety. Young person after young person is being killed on our roads week in, week out, and no points system or camera on any road will solve it. We may, as Senator Ryan stated, be obliged to examine the possibility of introducing draconian measures such as speed governors on cars operated by people under a certain age or those who...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Oct 2005)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am pleased to have an opportunity to make a few points on the joint Oireachtas committee's report. As the House may be aware, I am a member of the committee but not the sub-committee. I would like to pay tribute to Senator Kenneally, in particular, who was a member of the sub-committee and did tremendous work going through 40 submissions and...
- Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I will help myself and others recap. In welcoming the report, I was rebutting an outrageous attack by Senator Ross on the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Gallagher. There is no need to go over this ground other than to say that was not representative of most of the contributions in the House and certainly not in keeping with the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I ask the Leader, as I have done many times over the last three years, to invite the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to the House to debate local government funding. At this time, many local authorities are drafting estimates and unless we have a debate in the Houses of the Oireachtas and take appropriate steps we will see exorbitant increases in commercial rates....
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I join with others in welcoming the Minister of State to the House. I am delighted to have this opportunity to make a few points on this Bill, which I welcome. I am sure that neither the Minister of State nor the Minister, Deputy Cullen, would not mind if I singled out the Leader of the House and former Minister in this area, Senator O'Rourke, for particular mention. At a time when IR£10...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I support Senator Finucane's call for a debate on the exploitation of workers in Ireland. The latest incident involving the Latvian workers is a disgrace. Another instance recently came to my attention. An employer engaged a recruitment company to recruit a temporary member of staff. The employer was offering a wage of â¬13 per hour but the recruitment company only passed on â¬7 per hour of...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: A report entitled Rural Ireland 2025, which is the latest in a very long line of reports on rural Ireland produced over the last number of years, was launched yesterday. Could the Acting Leader arrange a series of debates on this issue? While much has been done for rural Ireland, this report highlights the fact that the north west and the west will suffer most and a greater regional imbalance...
- Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: Which particular secretary?
- Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I thank Senator Wilson for sharing his time. Like Senator Norris, I regret a motion must be tabled on this issue. We should have statements because there is a great deal of unanimity in regard to the approach to this issue and agreement that we continue to fail in our efforts to reduce the number of deaths on the roads. However, that does not mean the willingness does not exist on all sides...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: May I ask the Leader if we can have another debate on planning, an issue the House has not discussed for some time? I acknowledge that improvements have been made in this regard. The Minister has issued a number of new sets of guidelines, for example. We need to debate people's right to object to various plans, which is something we have not yet dealt with adequately. New guidelines are...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: We should question whether objections are being made on foot of environmental concerns, or are emanating from an inner core of anti-globalisation interests within the organisations I have mentioned. As someone from County Sligo, which is in the west of Ireland, I would welcome a debate on the issue of tolling. Senator Ulick Burke will acknowledge that I am a strong advocate of balanced...