Results 1,541-1,560 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (2 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Senator Coghlan has lost his way.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (2 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (2 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Is the Leader going to advise us to raise the issue on the Adjournment? Is that what it has come to?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We will not oppose that aspect of the Order of Business, but some colleagues may have an amendment to propose. The Taoiseach and the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, are elsewhere in Europe today to consider the issue of youth unemployment and the moneys that will be made available Europe-wide for that purpose. That is welcome and hope it will lead to tangible action on...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Absolutely.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I am glad to have the opportunity to make a few points on this issue. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes. One wonders what he did wrong to be sent here for this debate because I know he does not agree with the abolition of the Seanad. We have had this debate many times. First, may I say how pleased I am to see so many members of the media here to listen to us. I suppose...
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: He has a very willing partner in that cause in the media. As I have said to other Members for years, one had to be either gay, a former president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, or a Sunday Independent journalist to get coverage in this House. Otherwise, one did not get coverage in "Oireachtas Report". Of course that is for the alcoholic insomniacs, as Deputy Pat Rabbitte once...
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: As do I.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. The loophole that is being filled today, while the anomaly needs to be addressed, puts the final tool into the shade of the banks in terms of making them all powerful in pursuit of their debts. In 2009 we were in Government when I first started to lobby on this issue in the north west and set up the Prevention of Family Home...
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The point I am making is that the Irish people stepped up to the mark in a major way and it saved the euro at that time. I believe they are entitled to something in return. We are not in normal trading conditions and equally the banks, in their relentless pursuit of profitability - as a State we are shareholders in them - should have to take cognisance of the people who saved them. They...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I join Senator Darragh O'Brien in reiterating the call for a discussion on mortgage arrears. The Senator and Senator Hayden cited examples, as I did yesterday on behalf of a number of people for whom I am acting as intermediary. The banks are no longer calling it repossession but are calling it assisted sale. Either way it involves putting families out of homes. People might be surprised...
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: If he does not then I will.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The black ops department.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: On a point of order, in fairness to the number of speakers on the Government side, the few who want to speak are entitled to a full quorum of members to be here to listen to them.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, to the House and thank him for the amount of time he has been present in the House for this debate. None is as qualified as he to interpret accurately the work and quality of the workings of this House down through the years or to have an appropriate insight into how reform could best be applied to the Houses of the Oireachtas,...
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: What we will judge him on is how well he transmits that to the Cabinet between now and the relevant day. We are dealing with section 1. I am of the few that this section must be considered in conjunction with Schedule 1, which states: 1 1° Seanad Éireann shall stand abolished on the day and at the time ("the abolition day") specified in the following subsections of this section....
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: -----or a copy of the programme for Government. I am afraid, therefore, that I will not be able to quote either on this particular occasion. However, I can review matters before Committee Stage.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Minister of State will be able to reply when everyone has made his or her contribution. That will not be for some time yet.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is all a matter of interpretation.