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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: I never said it was not.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: But not to close services.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Promotion (22 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: I acknowledge that the Minister of State is answering on behalf of the Minister. If Fáilte Ireland decides to open the office for only three weeks, the footfall will be there for only three weeks. I am ambitious for our country. I am ambitious for Newcastle West, Limerick, Kildare, Sligo, Donegal and every other place. We are open 365 days a year, 12 months of the year. One would...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Island Communities (22 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear. Very unusual.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Promotion (22 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin. I would have preferred if she was here. Nevertheless, I know he will carry the messages to her. I slightly refined the message from the Topical Issue matter to say that clearly this office will not close. It seems that Fáilte Ireland will open it for what it...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: The programme for Government contains a commitment to building stronger and safer communities and specifically priorities visible policing in rural areas. Given the savage attack on Tom Niland in west County Sligo in recent weeks, and given a 27% reduction in resources in the Sligo-Leitrim Garda division, how does the Government proposes to increase visible rural policing? Furthermore,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: It is a matter of collective responsibility. I am sure the Minister will be able to respond.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to the provision of assisted technology to two siblings (details supplied) who attend a school in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8409/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (10 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the North-West Regional Enterprise Plan. [6809/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: 785. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the 92 Covid-19 deaths announced by his Department and National Public Health Emergency Team as having occurred in the week up to 2 February 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6647/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: The programme for Government committed to supporting the European Central Bank and the Central Bank of Ireland in encouraging competition in our banking sector and to develop the fintech sector as a source of employment and competition. As a former member of the banking enquiry, I am acutely aware of our macro-prudential regulatory failings in the past and the flaw in the dual role of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: -----which applied for a banking licence. I will mention the point for the Taoiseach because it is important. Revolut announced yesterday that it will do some services in Ireland that will be headquartered in Lithuania.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: It applied for an Irish banking licence then withdrew it. That is 500 jobs for Lithuania, which is its gain and our loss-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: -----because Ireland is seen as a place you cannot do business in from a banking perspective.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: I hope that the Taoiseach might take that on board and engage with the Central Bank.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (2 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. As she said, she could quite easily be standing where I am today and if she was, I doubt she would be happy with that response. I am conscious that undoubtedly if it was her constituency, she would be very much focused on trying to get the issue sorted. I appreciate where she is coming from. Two problems arise. The first is 16 additional...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (2 Feb 2022)

Marc MacSharry: I am pleased my constituency colleagues, Deputies Harkin and Martin Kenny, are in the Chamber because I know they agree very much with what I am calling for today, which is the immediate recruitment of an additional four clinical nurse specialists in neurology. As the Minister of State is aware, the Neurological Alliance of Ireland has highlighted that we are 100 neurological nurses short of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (26 Jan 2022)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for that response, the last paragraph of which was the most important. The rest was a good promotion for Government policy, as normal, which I understand but really a timeframe on this is what is required. While I appreciate that this is not the Minister of State's direct departmental responsibility, I ask her to engage with the Minister of Transport on it. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (26 Jan 2022)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. I appreciate her taking the time. The history here is that before our more modern bus services in our urban centres, including in Waterford city, in towns like Sligo, we had an imp bus service, which comprised small buses that covered all the areas. We were lucky to have had this in Sligo and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Jan 2022)

Marc MacSharry: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a company (details supplied) will be notified of the outcome of an appeal relating to an afforestation licence which was withdrawn pending the outcome of an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3802/22]