Results 11,921-11,940 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: We are respecting the Leader. What of Fine Gael membership of State boards?
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Government was forced into it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: What about the Labour Party press officer on the Heritage Council?
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It is not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: We want answers from the Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Since last week when the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Heather Humphreys, was in the House to deal with the debacle relating to the appointment of Mr. McNulty to the board of IMMA so that he could become a Seanad by election candidate, the situation has gotten worse. The Taoiseach said on Thursday last that he did not direct anyone, yet on Friday he said "I wouldn't...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, to come to the House and debate the future of maternity services in this country. Members will be aware of the sad case of Ms Dhara Kivlehan, who, after giving birth at Sligo Regional Hospital, died in a Belfast hospital. At the inquest last evening, an independent expert obstetrician and former master of the Rotunda...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Marc MacSharry: We welcome the appointment of an Irish Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development. My colleague, Deputy Eamon Ó Cuív, and I went in person to meet with the officials there while on a trip to Brussels last week. I would like to call for a debate on the beef crisis. Throughout the summer months, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, seemed to abdicate his responsibility, sadly, in...
- Seanad: Eye Care: Motion (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. I have said to him in private in the past and have no difficulty now putting it on the record that, in my view, he is the most capable person to hold the office of Minister in any Department, regardless of who is in government.
- Seanad: Eye Care: Motion (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Of course, being capable and doing the job well are two different things. The Minister has a very difficult job. Funding means he will not be able to do anything near everything that everybody wants, but what is critically important is the choices he makes when it is a question of robbing Peter to pay Paul, which is, sadly, the position we are in from the point of view of health. I hope he...
- Seanad: Eye Care: Motion (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Finally, Senator Conway is a shining example for people who have a visual impairment. As he said, his was a pre-birth condition, so it was not of an avoidable or preventable nature. However, he does his business in a way that is many times better than people who have their full sight faculties. He is an example to anybody who is visually impaired or has suffered from blindness. It has...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Woe on them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It should have.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: We have no problem with all Stages of the Court of Appeal Bill being taken today if that is what is required. At the outset, I welcome Senator Norris back to the House. It is great to see him looking so well and back in full spirits to participate with us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It would be remiss to fail to wish the new Ministers of State well and to commiserate with those who have lost out on this occasion. Genuinely, we wish them all well. However, it speaks volumes when one sees the absence of a female Minister of State. There was ample talent on the Government side to consider. That is borne out by many Members on the Leader's side. As somebody from the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: He seems to have forgotten where he is from. That is the issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: There is a point of view that it speaks volumes about the lack of seriousness with which the Government treats the regions, in particular its failure to empower them to perform to their potential. We express some regret notwithstanding our best wishes to the new Ministers. I ask for an amendment to the Order of Business. The Leader might assist me in terms of what Minister should come to...
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Bismarcksank.