Results 12,401-12,420 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I am way over time because I have been accused of being remedial by a Government Member.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I am putting forward a legitimate point, which is that the current person managing the health service does not inspire confidence. He has control of €13 billion of the people's money.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: By his own admission last week, he knows nothing of the foundation of the figures he proposes to cut from the health service budget yet the reality is he is proceeding to do that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: In the meantime, he is giving out the old pack of cards in Government propaganda. How many thousand people does the Government need outside the gates?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The reality is, remedial class or not, I am not housed in the gin and tonic belts of the world that the Government chooses to protect or has to defend in their jobs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I want to know about the people outside the gates who the Government is saying it will take another €1 billion from next year. Senator O'Donnell is calling it a remedial example.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The next time Senator O'Donnell is on the Pat Kenny show she can give me a mention.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Will the Leader arrange for the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, to come to the House as a matter of urgency? In recent days we had a commitment by the Minister to savings and cuts of €666 million in the budget for health services provision next year. At the same time, however, he is not in a position to tell us the deficit for this year. That does not inspire confidence....
- Seanad: Statistics (Heritage Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I commend Senator Ó Murchú on bringing forward this Bill. There is no reason-----
- Seanad: Statistics (Heritage Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, I second the Bill. There is no reason we cannot accept this Bill and I hope the Minister of State will be in a position to accept it, at least on Second Stage. The Government can make amendments on Committee Stage if it feels some technical improvements need to be made. Senator Ó Murchú has outlined the background to this Bill. The inability to access this information from...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: As a Fianna Fáil man, I welcome the retention of the 9% VAT rate. I advise Senator Harte that it was not I who had that conversation with him. People welcome what is good about the budget. I spoke, on our party's behalf yesterday, and began by acknowledging the good measures. I must agree with a point mentioned by Senator Byrne and also mentioned last night. In the context of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We were never at 6%.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Today is an historic event. He has ad-libbed plus used his iPad which is a first for the House, as opposed to his reading a script or ad-libbing. I am glad that he is here to listen to the points of the Members of this House. It is regrettable, however, that his colleagues, Deputies Howlin and Noonan, left their stations before listening to...
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I am pleased that the Taoiseach and Tánaiste were there but the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform should have been present. It was an insult in the extreme to the shadow spokespeople in that regard. I welcome some of the measures in the budget such as those for renovating homes, making homes greener and those kinds of points that have been included...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Let him respond.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I read the newspapers. I can read.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We will not be opposing the Order of Business. While no one wants to pre-empt what is in the budget today, I think it shows scant regard for the Oireachtas and the Parliament when one considers the level of kite flying in the newspapers today and yesterday. Two editorials today seemed to predict authoritatively what will be read out at 2.30 p.m. and 3 p.m. today by the Ministers in the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Also, one would hope-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Also, one would hope that the media-predicted doubling of the prescription charge to €2.50 will not materialise. The Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, promised to get rid of this charge.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: My question is whether these savage measures will be included in a budget that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, had the gall to predict today would be a family budget in all its respects. While I am perfectly entitled to raise these issues on the basis that the Order Business specifically mentions statements on the budget later in the day, it is impossible, given...