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- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I second the amendment to the Order of Business. While I do not doubt anybody's commitment and wish to see the situation in accident and emergency departments throughout the country improved, how regular is this story? What is the problem? We seem to be investing a lot of resources but we are always running under budget. One wonders about the need to look to the future at all times. We...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)
Marc MacSharry: It is getting worse.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: We will not oppose the Order of Business. Can a debate be organised on the situation developing in Northern Ireland? I acknowledge there was a debate in recent times but the revelations yesterday north of the Border in a number of reports and further revelations on this side of the Border are concerning. Everybody is committed to the peace process with 98% of the people voting for it....
- Seanad: United Nations Principles for Older Persons: Motion (21 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I compliment Senators O’Donnell and van Turnhout for their initiative in tabling the motion. We are all great at talking in these debates and not so great at coming up with innovative solutions. I agree with much of what Senator Burke said. I am sure we will all agree with each other in the debate as there will be no contention. As my favourite Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Cancer Screening Programme (14 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: My matter concerns the need for the Minister for Health to confirm that patients with breast pain referred by general practitioners in the north west to the national cancer control programme's symptomatic breast clinic in Galway are having their referrals returned to general practitioners without assessment and with instructions for the patient to self monitor with the aid of a booklet and...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Cancer Screening Programme (14 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: With respect, the Minister has not answered my questions. What about the 7% of women who will have a problem? What about the three-month delay in their being seen? What is the situation in this regard? The Minister also did not answer my question on Deputy Perry's announcement that the people of the north west will have post-surgery mammography services.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Cancer Screening Programme (14 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Surely the Minister can answer as a physician.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Cancer Screening Programme (14 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I have no training at all yet I can see that 7% of the people are at risk.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: It is primary.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am pleased to have an opportunity to make a few points about the budget. It is great to have a budget that gives something rather than takes more away. I do not want to disappoint anybody, but that will be my only positive comment.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: It seems the new word in everyone's vocabulary is "space". As Senator Barrett will be aware, the Chairman of the banking inquiry constantly spoke about space. In any case, the recovery has provided fiscal space in the economy. Ultimately, this is a people's recovery, rather than a Brendan Howlin, Michael Noonan, Fine Gael or Labour Party recovery. People sacrificed so much in recent years...
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Perhaps the Acting Chairman would like to regain control of the Chamber.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: The budget does not contain any measures to reduce hospital waiting lists. The decision on whether to hold the election on November or March 2016 has been a topic of discussion. I wonder what will be the Government's view in January when the waiting lists are even longer. We have 171 vacant consultant posts because consultants will not stay in Ireland. Despite being trained here to the...
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Those are the facts. I am sure pensioners are delighted with the derisory €3 increase in their weekly pension. Will it pay for a cup of coffee and a scone? Perhaps it will in Sligo, but I doubt it would pay for coffee and a scone on St. Stephen's Green. I wonder what they think of the increase of €800 per week in take-home pay that some people will receive? Did the...
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: No punditry, now. Come on. Tell us the facts. Leave the punditry to the pundits.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: If the Acting Chairman was as quick to reel in his colleague I might listen to him.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Come on, Senator. We are listening.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Marc MacSharry: While we will not oppose the Order of Business, I would like a debate to be held early next week regarding rural Ireland and rural regeneration. We welcome the many announcements that have been made in the course of the past 24 hours on the so-called capital programme, and certain programmes seem to be supported on a regional basis, but the absence of a strategic approach to empowering rural...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I was never a Minister.
- Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (30 Sep 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. One thing is certain, whatever decisions are made on budget day will be wrong in the sense that we would all have our version of what should and ought to be done. That would vary from person to person within the Labour Party, the Fine Gael Party and, perhaps, within all members of society. The choices are what politically divide us. We are...