Results 1,961-1,980 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: If I could continue-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Minister lied to Deputy Barry Cowen last November. There was an untruth, a porky pie, a lie or whatever way the Leader wants to put it. The reality was the Minister was asked how much the establishment of Irish Water would cost. He answered - you can check the record, a Chathaoirligh - €10 million although he personally, with his Cabinet colleagues, had sanctioned €180...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: We had a whole week off last week. That was not our doing on this side of the House. There are points the people are telling us on the doorsteps that they want made. One of these points is how much water is going to cost.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Last evening, the Minister claimed water charges would cost up to €450 for a family each year. Others are saying €240.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Irish Water itself admitted this morning that it does not even know what the basic price per litre will be.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Will the Minister and the Government be quite clear as to what people will be expected to pay? The people want to know the truth, not lies, falsehoods, porky pies-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: -----or fantasy as put forward by Government election candidates. They want to know the lies of last November of the Minister, Deputy Hogan-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: They want to know the facts of what has to be paid today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Practice makes perfect.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: And defeat.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: How much per litre?
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: We will not know until long after the elections.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, the representatives from the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Centre for Independent Living. As much as I would like to think that the public takes a great interest in the debates in the Seanad, I think we have the databases of the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Centre for Independent Living to thank for the e-mails we...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I would like to propose an amendment to the Order of Business, the wording of which I will deal with towards the end of my contribution. It will involve the Minister of Health coming to the House. The Leader may remember that we on this side of the House raised on the Adjournment last February our concerns about speculation and rumours that a report was being circulated privately within the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Let us have that debate this afternoon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The amendment is in case it was not crystal clear from what I have outlined, that the Minister for Health comes to the House to debate the contents of the report which proposes to close maternity services in the Taoiseach's constituency, in Senator Mullins's constituency, in my constituency and in Donegal as well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I bet it cost the HSE a few pounds.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Senator approved-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I will give the Senator a copy of the report. I am only reading out what the Government has written.