Results 1,701-1,720 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The sooner the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, stops leaking information to the media and stands up to his ministerial colleague the better.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Is the Senator referring to the €666 million or the €1 billion?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: On a point of order, it is my understanding that the House passed a motion to the effect that the Order of Business should take precedence over attendance at certain committees. I call on Senator Colm Burke to withdraw his last statement. The Senator might have taken time to correct the record in respect of the factually incorrect press releases issued by Deputy Harris in respect of my...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: This is a very important issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I was in attendance at last Thursday's meeting of the joint committee.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: No. With respect, the person who is out of order is seated on the opposite side. That individual is being highly mischievous in making-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: -----incorrect statements about other people's attendance.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Are we going to invite Senator Colm Burke to withdraw his ridiculous assertion about a meeting at which I was present? The Senator should check the record.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Check the record.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Will it be paid for out of the €2 billion or the €666 million?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I did not hear the matter being mentioned at last week's meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children. I did not hear an answer being provided at that forum by either Tony O'Brien or the Minister. They did not have a clue from where the figures came.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: They did not have a clue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Deputy Leader clearly does not have them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: What I am saying is hardly provocative. Surely my questions deserve a response of a factual nature.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We should not be obliged to listen to this rubbish on a daily basis. All hail the Minister for Health who does not know from where the figures come. Hello? Is it any wonder we are asking questions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Acting Leader should show respect to the people outside the gate who are asking whether the cutbacks in health will amount to €666 million, €1 billion or €2 billion, and how the figure of €113 million was devised.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Acting Leader was fantastic at following those rules in her own day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: The One Percent Difference National Giving Campaign: Statements (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House and I am glad to have the opportunity to make a few points about this campaign. We all agree with the ambition of The One Percent Difference campaign, although sadly, the first I heard of it was when this debate was scheduled. I am regularly on-line and read newspapers, although I am clearly not sufficiently well-read. If I am admitting the first I heard...
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Statements (23 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Taoiseach to the House. It is good to have the opportunity to make a few brief points. Over the years, it has been the Taoiseach of the day who has prevented this House from performing to its potential. There is no question but that most of the blame in this regard lies with Fianna Fáil, having been in government for most of that time. It is a unique occasion for the...