Results 1,421-1,440 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Marian Harkin, MEP (2 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome Ms Harkin to the House. She is a neighbour and friend, and I want to pay tribute to her great work in Europe. We in Ireland are extremely lucky to have excellent MEPs, in particular her analytical abilities and her commitment to a wide variety of areas in Ireland and Irish society. We are lucky she is on the agriculture committee. Given her background in the west of Ireland,...
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (8 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Commissioner to the House. Since the bank guarantee and the global recession, there is a sense in this country that very little has been done for the people in a European context. Ireland arguably saved the euro by its actions at the beginning of the crisis. Before Europe was up the curve on it, steps were taken here which nobody else was expected to take. Does Germany have...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I support the amendment put forward by our leader. It is yet another instance of the haphazard, headless-chicken, sleepwalking approach of the Minister for Health when we see the fears that have been expressed by many of us in the House many times. There are 105,000 people on waiting lists throughout the country. One wonders what the special delivery units are achieving. They were...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: While I want the Minister to come to the House and attempt yet again to explain himself, I ask those in the Labour Party what action it will take. When will they acknowledge the level of incompetence? When will they say that they will no longer put up with such mediocrity?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We want someone in this job who the public can have genuine confidence in, not someone who is running from Billy to Jack in a mismanaged haphazard fashion. The reality is the people know that the cover is there.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: They are entitled to know that someone is at the helm who knows the direction in which we are going.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: On the order of Business-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Leader should be appointed Minister for Health. His delivery is much clearer than the incumbent.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence: Motion (8 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I thank the Labour Members for tabling this motion, which we support. That is not to rain entirely on the amendment, but we feel it more appropriate on this occasion to support the motion rather than the amendment. I believe that Sinn Féin could usefully do the same in this instance. When we were on the other side of the House it used to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is proposed that on Sunday, cuts will be applied to the pay and conditions of staff in Bus Éireann. As the Leader is aware, SIPTU has already balloted 900 members for industrial action in this regard and it now seems quite likely this will proceed. This side of the House accepts savings need to be made, and this is a culmination of 11 long months of deliberations between all of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I ask that the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, come to the House to outline his plans regarding an intended cut in child benefit.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I see that our plan to phase ourselves out is almost complete. I would like to be associated with the tributes to Donal Walsh, a most inspirational young man. I do not want to pour negativity on the positive messages people are giving but, yet again, we in this House are the champions of rhetoric on suicide. Somebody who was dying spoke up and used their impending demise to promote an issue...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is not just this Government. All Governments------
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is not about politicising the issue; it is about debate-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The figures speak for themselves. We are losing the battle on suicide. How many people have to die?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The figures speak for themselves. We are losing the battle on suicide and the empty rhetoric will not save any lives.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: By the Opposition.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We have introduced three Private Members' Bills. How many have Government Members introduced?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Government is selling a pig in a poke to the public.