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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: Is that not what I said?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: The Senator should speak for himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: Following what Senator Bacik said regarding the so-called bugging scandal, I am none the wiser after the various statements in the last couple of days. I still have concerns. Were these people bugged or not? According to the spokesman, Mr. Kieran FitzGerald, last night, the chances of these anomalies being benign were remote to zero. That clearly indicates there is an issue. There is...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: I am sure Senator Coghlan will regale us with his wisdom in due course.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: There are questions to be answered. To correct something that was said yesterday, Senator Jim D'Arcy must have misunderstood me when he implied that I was trying to implicate the Garda in some way - far from it. I am sure the Garda had nothing to do with it and I wish to have the Garda completely vindicated in this regard. However, clearly there is something here and we must find out about...

Seanad: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: We support this Bill. As I noted on Second Stage, there are some variables to consider with regard to cost and technology required to back this up. Is what we have sufficient and how much will it cost to run this process? Will the appropriate resources be available? There must be a cross-departmental approach to these issues, taking in social welfare, health and justice, as data...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: I second Senator Mooney's amendment. I support Senator Hayden's call for a debate on the issue of mortgage arrears. Repossessions are being ramped up. It is six years since the issue was first raised in the House and, as predicted, we are approaching a serious juncture where families are losing their homes. I have acted as an intermediary on behalf of people who are having difficulty with...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: it should not be a whitewash that has already been prescribed by a Minister in denial.

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: I move: That Seanad Éireann – notes:- that the mental health policy, A Vision for Change, published in 2006 was a landmark policy in advocating both for closure of the old psychiatric hospitals and continued building up of community-based services as well as cultural change in the form of human rights-based and recovery-orientated services; - that A Vision for Change was also...

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: We need to put it back to the end of the year. That is what the budgets are saying.

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: Do I not have five?

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: I thank everyone who has contributed to this debate.

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: Can I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to provide for the additional speakers? With respect, if the Minister, Deputy Hogan, has to wait for two weeks, we are not subservient to the Minister.

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: Sorry, I have proposed it. Do the Members opposite want their colleagues to speak or do they not?

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: Do not take my time like that.

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: Through the Chair, I would say to have a bit of respect.

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: A little bit of respect. I have given none of my time. I am merely trying to facilitate people who will be speaking contrary to this motion.

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: That is entirely the fault of the Minister of State.

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: No, it is not.

Seanad: Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: You can rule all you like. I am not putting up with that bullying. It is as simple as that.