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- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I am sad to say that-----
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: -----for no reason other than the fact that it was a Fianna Fáil Bill tabled by Senator Marc MacSharry and his colleagues trying to do something that nobody else in the history of the State has done anything about. That is the only reason it has been voted down.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Senator Crown and I are used to that because when we tried to do it with the Access to Cancer Treatment Bill-----
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: -----and the Family Home Bill the reality was the same. The people must sing for help in the context of this particular Administration because illegal moneylending is not going to get the necessary attention.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I again thank Members for their commendations but I am afraid they are lost on me. I hoped in earnest for genuine support for what could be a measure to help vulnerable families in Ireland but the Government has been found wanting yet again.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister for taking the time to come into the House. As he is no doubt aware, illegal moneylending is an increasing scourge on our society. Unfortunately, the crime figures do not bear that out because, as the Minister is all too aware, there has never been a conviction for illegal moneylending in Ireland. There is a great deal...
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Would it be in order to make some very quick general points? It is Report Stage and obviously we are supporting the Bill, but I want to raise the points I made on the timeframe. When will be in any position to know? The Minister is saying there is the capacity to look at the top 20 medicines simultaneously. Has the IMB staffed up to deal with that so that we would have the 20 within a...
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: One wonders about the timeframe as there is the potential for the 180 days to be on the never-never. If we consider the 420 modules and the drugs to be considered in the fullness of time, we will begin with the 20 most used, taking a cumulative six months to assess whether a drug will be on the list. There is no doubt it is in the interest of Pfizer, Abbott and others to object to it and it...
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: How?
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: If it takes a month to get the information, the clock will not be running.
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: So the 20 will be taken at one time?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We would have to see the files.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Why was he speaking to the director of intelligence?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Idi Amin.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I second Senator Darragh O'Brien's amendment calling for the Minister for Justice and Equality to attend the House, given the pantomime of recent days since last week's "Prime Time" programme when the Minister regrettably used information that ordinarily should not have been brought into the public domain and does not form part of the normal day-to-day work of a Minister. This is not to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Of all the matters that I expected to be heckled on, I did not believe this would be one of them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I felt that the silence we were hearing from the Minister and most of his Cabinet colleagues on the issue would be continued in this House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Minister needs to discuss this issue in the House because people are entitled to know why such information is being passed around by the Garda, regardless of whether it was a throw-away remark during a briefing. I am concerned about it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It has echoes of a police state. In the same diary, which the Leader of the Opposition solicited under the Freedom of Information Act, I noticed a meeting with the director of intelligence. One wonders who this individual is and whether it is he or she who shares information-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: -----on Deputies and others who might be of political interest to the Minister.