Results 9,181-9,200 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: We have a mandate.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: We have to adjudicate on the Government's performance-----
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: -----like the people rightly adjudicated on the previous Government's performance.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Look at the professional who spoke before the Senator.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: I was never in government.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: I gave the Senator the breakdown.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: The Senator's party has none in Sligo, so he would not be aware of all the detail he is overlooking.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: No, there is no Labour Party councillor there.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: All over the country, in every county in Ireland.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: There are no Labour Party councillors in Sligo.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State and Senators for contributing to the debate. I will start with a rebuttal. Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell made a good play for the next Taoiseach’s 11 nominees to the Seanad. I am sure it is secure after her performance earlier. I know she likes to call me the amateur actor. In fairness, when it comes to her, I certainly am, as she surely is...
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: In regard to the raw sewage that is still being pumped in various places throughout the country, the 28 million litres that are being saved per day, as the Minister of State mentioned, the 24 treatment plants, the 32 plants upgraded and the 750 km of piping laid since Irish Water took over, let us imagine how much more raw sewage we could have stopped being pumped into our waterways, how many...
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Marc MacSharry: To conclude, I am many things - and so is Fianna Fáil - but one thing I do not have is a brief for the previous Government, which the people adjudicated on. My responsibility as an elected representative is to hold the current Government to account. For that reason, I have no difficulty supporting this motion.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I wish everybody a happy Christmas, especially all the staff who had to put up with me so much over the past year. I thank them and all colleagues for their work and wish them well. In the new year, perhaps the Seanad could take a leadership role on the basis that those in the other House will be very much focused on the forthcoming general election. The Dáil will be dissolved while...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister. I am glad to have an opportunity to make a few points on the Bill. We would welcome anything that can assist in changing our culture of binge drinking, as the Minister has rightly pointed out. I take a drink myself and enjoy it. As a nation, as the Minister said, we all drink too much and it is very much a cultural thing. Many administrations have wrestled with...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)
Marc MacSharry: The acting Leader should propose an extension of five minutes to allow the Minister to respond.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Her full name is Donata Maria.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I wish to raise a number of issues. In recent days there has been a series of actions throughout the country which have compounded the difficulty caused by the Government and previous Governments in shutting down rural communities, in particular the closure of Garda stations. In west County Sligo we had the closure of Easky Garda station some years back and despite officials from the OPW...
- Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (16 Dec 2015)
Marc MacSharry: We support the Bill. One thing that was missing from the Minister of State's speech was a reference to the performance of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission in recent years. I understand that as a result of the savings which have been provided for, there has been a year-on-year reduction in costs other than those associated with the banking inquiry or general elections. That is a...
- Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Marc MacSharry: The Minister mentioned two points in his contribution on Second Stage on which I wish to touch. He said that the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, wants the commission to be as representative as possible. I agree and have no doubt that the Minister of State does too. Perhaps the Minister did not have any input into it. The current commission is the only one in history so far where the...