Results 1,821-1,840 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I wish to raise two items with the Leader. I ask that he seek clarification from the Taoiseach on the comments made by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, in expressing his personal view of wishing to ditch religious education to the benefit of other subjects. From my perspective, these comments were uninformed, unwarranted and unhelpful. At a time when...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, come to the House to discuss the expert group that has been established. While we afford a cautious welcome to the individuals that are involved and the move to appropriately and independently examine the case I refer Members to motions on the issue in both...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It is that the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, would come to the House today to explain the make-up of the expert group that is to consider high voltage lines and why he has excluded 40% of the people of Ireland in that action.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Second Stage (29 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister for yet again making himself available to the House. My party will be supporting this legislation and I have only a few brief points. When it comes to data protection, sometimes I feel that the practical application of the aspirations of the Acts are at times counterproductive to the needs of the individual in terms of the information that is available. So many...
- Seanad: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Second Stage (29 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: When you are as experienced as me in this House, if I want to talk about the health of a ping pong ball on Second Stage I am entitled to speak about it. Is that okay?
- Seanad: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Second Stage (29 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Given the Minister's concerns as expressed in writing to the Minister about the health implications of pylons and so on, I am interested to hear-----
- Seanad: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Second Stage (29 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: -----his specific view on the exclusion of a health professional or expert from the so-called expert group to consider the implications of this measure. I am sorry for going off the point but none of the Minister's colleagues in Meath, Louth, Monaghan, Laois, Offaly, Mayo or Cork would disagree with me taking the opportunity to mention it. I would appreciate it if the Minister replied to...
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (29 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I commend Senator Katherine Zappone for tabling this Private Members’ motion and Members for their views on the issue of Seanad reform. The reason there are not many Fianna Fáil Members present in the House today is they are attending the funeral of a close and young family member of a party colleague. I am sure Members opposite will understand this. Fianna Fáil supports...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: We will not oppose the Order of Business. I thank the Leader for his words and pay tribute to our colleague. We have all heard the sad news this morning of the passing of our colleague, the former Senator John Carty, who was a former member of the other House as well. On behalf of the Fianna Fáil group and all of us in the House we offer our sympathy to Kathleen, his wife, and all his...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Not for Leitrim.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I second Senator Darragh O'Brien's proposed amendment to the Order of Business with regard to flooding. I agree with Senator Gilroy about the tragedies we have seen throughout Cork and Limerick, with businesses and people put out of their homes. This is replicated nationwide. As I said a couple of weeks ago regarding the other storm, we must not lose sight of the fact that there are cases...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Senator Bacik was an Independent back then.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I join with others in raising the question of what have been referred to as anomalies at the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. Although I do not agree with him on most issues, I support the call made by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, on his way into the Cabinet meeting this morning for the commission to clarify what it means by...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It looks dodgy to us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Senator D'Arcy should be saying that to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, not to me.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Not as long as the other Members.