Results 12,101-12,120 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It will be upsetting to them to find out after the election what Fine Gael's attitude is to maternity services in the north west.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: People have to be told.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: That is rich coming from that side of the House. The Government tried to throw out the Seanad as a political gimmick. Now it will not tell the people that it is going to close maternity services, because there is an election next week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: This poor man has been told by his colleagues, "Don't worry. Portiuncula is sound." In fact, the report shows that Portiuncula is finished for maternity services.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I am sure they will gladly allow me to speak on an issue such as this. The people have to be told the truth about maternity services in the north west. My colleagues can speak tomorrow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I make no apologies for putting on the record that mothers in the north west are being discriminated against reprehensively by this Government. It is being done in secret and cynically before the election next week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Will the Government have respect for people in the north west?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Not according to the Fine Gael report.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It is obsolete since February.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I am telling the Senator that it is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, I do.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I bet it cost the HSE a few pounds.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Senator approved-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Let us have that debate this afternoon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The amendment is in case it was not crystal clear from what I have outlined, that the Minister for Health comes to the House to debate the contents of the report which proposes to close maternity services in the Taoiseach's constituency, in Senator Mullins's constituency, in my constituency and in Donegal as well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I would like to propose an amendment to the Order of Business, the wording of which I will deal with towards the end of my contribution. It will involve the Minister of Health coming to the House. The Leader may remember that we on this side of the House raised on the Adjournment last February our concerns about speculation and rumours that a report was being circulated privately within the...
- Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, the representatives from the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Centre for Independent Living. As much as I would like to think that the public takes a great interest in the debates in the Seanad, I think we have the databases of the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Centre for Independent Living to thank for the e-mails we...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: How much per litre?
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Marc MacSharry: We will not know until long after the elections.