Results 1,501-1,520 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: At least Senator Whelan and a couple of others over there are prepared to stand up for the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Read about it in The Irish Times.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We will all be great former Members soon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Will we have a debate?
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: That is the type of contempt the Taoiseach showed to the House consistently. The Leader might as well row in with him.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: As the Leader will be aware, there was a protest by carers at the gates yesterday in respect of the respite grant. The 20% cut to that grant takes effect today. I ask the Leader to investigate whether anything will be done to repeal this savage cut of 20% or more to these people. These are people who live on meagre incomes, and something should be done about this cut. In addition, we...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Following on from Senator Bacik's contribution, I wish every one a happy Yeats's Day and pay tribute to my colleague from Sligo, Senator O'Keeffe, for a great initiative in the setting up of Yeats's Day. It is something that can be grown, not just in terms of a festival for the north west as the contribution of Yeats is something on which Ireland can capitalise throughout the world. We can...
- Seanad: Hospital Services: Statements (13 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for making time to be with us today. As the Minister is here, I wish to raise a different issue to the one being debated today. While I appreciate that this is, strictly speaking, an issue for the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, I ask that the Minister's office would make inquiries into the delay of the transfer of the management...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I join colleagues in expressing concern at the pace of the investigation into certain practices at the Irish Family Planning Association. I raised this issue in the House last November when it first became clear that there was worrying evidence of dangerous advice and encouragement being given to women to provide incorrect information to their doctors which could adversely affect their...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister. Anybody can be late and we understand that, so there is no difficulty, particularly as the Minister is one of the best attenders in the House. Nonetheless, it is customary that we get a copy of the speech when a Minister begins speaking. We did not get it until the end, and three were given to the Government side-----
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I offer many thanks to Senator Gilroy for sharing one of those copies so we could have a quick preview of the closing pages of the speech. We will not be supporting this legislation and I have several questions in this regard. Mr. Colm McCarthy prepared a report on health insurance but it would seem that not much cognisance has been taken of its findings. There is very serious concern that...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Not with the Minister.
- Seanad: Public Health (Availability of Defibrillators) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister for returning to the House again today. I appreciate all the time that he gives us. I commend Senator Quinn in particular and Senator Crown on bringing forward this Bill. It is a no-brainer. Senator Quinn has made the points on the positive impact that this can have. The statistics seem to show it is all about how quickly a person can have access to a defibrillator....
- Seanad: Public Health (Availability of Defibrillators) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: That is in the eye of the beholder.
- Seanad: Public Health (Availability of Defibrillators) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Sadly, Private Members' Bills such as the Access to Cancer Treatment Bill introduced by Senator Crown and me, the Family Home Bill and other Bills were interpreted as political ammunition even though they were not. I take solace in the fact that some of good suggestions made by Independent Senators have been embraced. I hope that today's Bill will move forward apace, unlike the Construction...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Following on from the theme of the Government speakers, in particular Senator Bacik, it is my opinion that no inquiry under 2005 Act, no tribunal or no Oireachtas inquiry will give the results all of us deserve and desire quickly enough. As Senator Bacik said, the expedition of a criminal investigation is of the utmost urgency. As somebody who knows very little about criminal law and how...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Frankly, the Taoiseach is diverting slightly from the crux of the debate, which Senator Bacik captured very well, which is to expedite a criminal investigation. I call on the Leader to ask the Taoiseach to contact the Garda Commissioner and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement today to ask what has been happening with these tapes for the past three years, who has them, who has...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I know I am but it is a very important issue. On a slightly different note, I can hardly contain my excitement today that the Taoiseach has agreed to come to the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It reminds me that some infamous people in history attended the Reichstag from time to time before they saw to it being burned to the ground.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I join with colleagues in welcoming back Senator David Norris. It is good to see him. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to ask that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, or whatever Minister is available, comes to the House today to discuss the new voluntary code of conduct on mortgage arrears announced by the Central Bank of Ireland and the personal debt crisis which is now...