Results 11,721-11,740 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: So it will be a hindrance then.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I started at 11.21 a.m. and it is now 11.26 a.m. I am timing myself here.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: In essence, what I want to know is this. Is the structure of the euro flawed in the context of a small member state because of the inflationary outlook of the ECB rather than those of the economic concerns of small economies like Ireland?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: When Mr. Nyberg was making his opening address, he said that it was important that while there were limitations on his commission in terms of looking at various things that covered banks, this committee will look at wider institutions, international institutions, and so on. Does Mr. Nyberg feel, and it feeds on very well from what we just discussed, that it will be a hindrance or a benefit...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I thank Mr. Nyberg. Time is short with us more brief questioners. To the extent possible, perhaps we could do some yes-no type answering, if that is possible. I want to speak briefly to Mr. Nyberg about auditing and regulation first. He very specifically said earlier that regulation and supervision were not the problem, per se, but clearly implementation, or perhaps he meant enforcement,...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Mr. Nyberg mentioned that the crisis in Ireland was not unique because Iceland, Finland, the United States to an extent, and other countries indeed, but he did say there were specific differences, obviously in the tools they had to deal with them, the counter-cyclical measures in terms of the control of their own currency and, specifically, interest rates. Would Mr. Nyberg agree that the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: A Chathaoirligh, I am entitled to some protection from the Chair.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It is not acting, it is action.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Action.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I remember when Senator Coghlan had to read everything out.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Just Beaumont.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I was, yes, I was Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Fianna Fáil will be opposing the Order of Business today. I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister for Health comes to the House as a matter of urgency to discuss the crisis in our accident and emergency services, in particular those in our flagship hospital, Beaumont Hospital. On 8 September last the CEO of that hospital went public because he said it...
- Seanad: Sustainable Agriculture and Dairy Price Outlook: Statements (10 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I ask the House for just 60 seconds.
- Seanad: Sustainable Agriculture and Dairy Price Outlook: Statements (10 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Thirty seconds.
- Seanad: Sustainable Agriculture and Dairy Price Outlook: Statements (10 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Chair will let Senator Quinn speak for the whole day.
- Seanad: Sustainable Agriculture and Dairy Price Outlook: Statements (10 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Senator Mullen is now the kettle calling the pot black.
- Seanad: Sustainable Agriculture and Dairy Price Outlook: Statements (10 Dec 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I wish to mention one further important issue, namely, Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. This guarantees farmers a fair price for their labour. I would like to see the Minister, through Commissioner Hogan, raise this issue. There are no regulations in place to prevent the kind of anti-fair trade practices that are being implemented under the cloak of...