Results 1,461-1,480 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: How?
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: If it takes a month to get the information, the clock will not be running.
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: So the 20 will be taken at one time?
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Would it be in order to make some very quick general points? It is Report Stage and obviously we are supporting the Bill, but I want to raise the points I made on the timeframe. When will be in any position to know? The Minister is saying there is the capacity to look at the top 20 medicines simultaneously. Has the IMB staffed up to deal with that so that we would have the 20 within a...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister for taking the time to come into the House. As he is no doubt aware, illegal moneylending is an increasing scourge on our society. Unfortunately, the crime figures do not bear that out because, as the Minister is all too aware, there has never been a conviction for illegal moneylending in Ireland. There is a great deal...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is with great regret that, yet again, Private Members' Bill No. 3 for me, is going down the tubes. Of all the Bills I initiated, this is the one where there was the least excuse not to accept it. I thank all Members for their commendations. As a former Ceann Comhairle in the other House who was a member of the Labour Party famously said when he was retiring some years ago, I wanted to...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: -----into one specific offence. The victims of such offences were told today by the Minister that what they need to do is set up a group such as the one in Sligo, Communities Against Illegal Lending of Money, and that is the way to deal with the issue. The group specifically said that its three-pronged approach of educating and creating alternatives have been working but what is not working...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I am sad to say that-----
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: -----for no reason other than the fact that it was a Fianna Fáil Bill tabled by Senator Marc MacSharry and his colleagues trying to do something that nobody else in the history of the State has done anything about. That is the only reason it has been voted down.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Senator Crown and I are used to that because when we tried to do it with the Access to Cancer Treatment Bill-----
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: -----and the Family Home Bill the reality was the same. The people must sing for help in the context of this particular Administration because illegal moneylending is not going to get the necessary attention.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I again thank Members for their commendations but I am afraid they are lost on me. I hoped in earnest for genuine support for what could be a measure to help vulnerable families in Ireland but the Government has been found wanting yet again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I support Senator Hayden's comments on the issue of the Irish Bankers Federation announcement earlier that there has been a 14% increase in property transactions. I share her concerns that this should be interpreted as a boost to the property market. Those who are sufficiently well heeled are making cash purchases and hoovering up property. With the exception of the Dublin area, people can...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is in the public interest.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I suppose it takes the pressure off the Minister, Deputy James Reilly.
- Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister for coming to the House, as he always does. I have no difficulty in supporting the legislation. We look forward to further improvements to finally weed out the use of tobacco, the effects of which have probably touched everybody's family at some stage. My mother and three of her younger brothers all died before their time as a direct result of smoking and lung cancer....
- Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We have to take a rest now and again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Minister should do it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.