Results 11,981-12,000 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: -----and stating there is a conflict of interest. He is not prepared to share it when the reality is quite different.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: For my information, will the Leader please place on the record-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: -----the nature of the conflict of interests to which he refers? Surely I am entitled to that information.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: If the Leader is not prepared to do that now, I expect a full statement-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: -----from the Government clarifying the position.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Outside the doors of this Chamber, the Leader will not have the protection of privilege.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: This is an outrage. I accuse you of being partisan in order to protect the Government. What is happening here is a disgrace.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: What is outrageous is what the Chair has allowed to be done to a Member of the House. It is a disgrace.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It gives me no pleasure at all to say it, Sir. However, the Cathaoirleach is bringing the Chair and this House into disrepute by allowing this disgraceful impugning of the character of a Member.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: On a point of order, as the Leader has opted to make such a claim, it is only reasonable that he might do the House the service and me the courtesy of outlining the conflict of interest to which he refers.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: He was handing them out to all his constituents.
- Seanad: Racism in Ireland: Motion (4 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House for a less adversarial debate than we are used to. My group agrees with the motion and will support it. However, I question the need for an amendment at all but appreciate what Senator Conway has said. The motion reminds me of the thing that I hated the most about being in government. I refer to motions being dealt with in a self-congratulatory...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Two more of your own.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Well done.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Whenever the Dáil sends word.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Some 20% of the nine members will be Independents.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Leader is not being interrupted.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: That is because it will include the people the Government wants to have on it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It is the only way we can be heard. Even the Leader's party members do it. Senator Cáit Keane could not get a word in earlier.