Results 12,321-12,340 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, and thank him for coming to the House. I meant no disrespect to him but I missed part of his address as I got my times mixed up. Nonetheless, I am confident I know what was in his address.
- Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Needless to say, we will vehemently oppose this Bill on the basis that we should always be able to extend ourselves for the relative security and protection of the vulnerable and the elderly. While I know the Minister of State was a very welcome and excellent colleague in this House at the time, it is impossible to consider this legislation without assessing the response of the Minister,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Can the Leader second it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the fact that tax returns are ahead of target, as mentioned in recent days. We all celebrate these facts. Similarly, it is important that Forbes magazine has named Ireland is a great place in which to do business. I spoke earlier this week about the issue of co-funding, which is of critical importance to the north west. The rumours in this regard intensified after the Minister...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank her for making herself available again. I commend the Labour Party group for bringing forward this motion, which we will not be opposing. I am glad to have the opportunity to highlight some issues in this area about which we have concerns. Of all the jobs of the Ministers of State, I would hate to have the Minister's job. There is no...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: With respect, Savita Halappanavar did not need too many Adjournments.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We will all debate it together.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Indeed I will.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Now that it is not, I echo the call of Mr. Kivlehan today. Surely that deceased woman, who did not have the benefit of the high profile case we had for Savita Halappanavar, is entitled to an inquest. I ask Senator Cummins to use the good offices of the Leader of Seanad Éireann to impress upon the Minister the need to have that inquest carried out in memory of this woman. Finally, I ask...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Frankly, this is an issue that is of huge importance for the small farmers in the north west, who remain the engine room in terms of the production of weanlings, which is such a huge part of the beef export market.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: If we do not get adequate funding, this will put in jeopardy our beef export business into the future. Very finally-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: -----I second the amendment proposed by our leader, Senator Darragh O'Brien.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Will the Leader raise with the Minister for Health a case which concluded in the courts today of a deceased woman, Dhara Kivlehan, from north Leitrim? The HSE consistently refused to hold an inquest into the death of that woman. Her husband, Michael, his parents and his son have been denied the right to an inquest. People may be aware that this case was a very similar to that of Savita...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We will oppose the Order of Business. As my colleague Deputy Thomas Byrne mentioned the other day, it is not in keeping with the programme for Government to have Committee Stage of this most important Bill two days after Second Stage. Fundamental changes and reform to pension law are proposed as part of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill. In the referendum the people voted to...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Nov 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I have known Bernard McGlinchey all of my life and since I was born. Today it is my greatest political privilege, since my election in 2002, to pay tribute to him. To me and many people in the north west, particularly in Donegal, he was a giant of political life. As I have said, I have known him since I was born. He used to kid me many years ago by saying "I changed your nappy." With...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I was never in government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Nobody made me Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Perhaps the Taoiseach would consider making Senator Burke Minister, as he has a better command of the figures.