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- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Perhaps he is just looking for easy copy for his books. At my third attempt to pass a Private Member's Bill, I hope that the Government will be in a position to support the Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill. Notwithstanding our need to question the Minister on other issues, I hope he will take the Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I regret, as my colleague, Senator Thomas Byrne, mentioned yesterday, the fact that we have a light work programme in the House this week. Today we have the Order of Business followed by an address, albeit a very important one to which we are all looking forward, by Mr. Jim Higgins, MEP. As Senator David Norris rightly pointed out yesterday, the Order Paper was never so full of legislation...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: This is the Seanad.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I second the amendment proposing that the Minister come to the House to debate aspects of the hospital groupings as a transition to independent hospital trusts. It is what it does not contain and certainly, I congratulate the Leader and his colleagues. The south east definitely won its political argument, not least for maintenance but to be enhanced to being a university hospital. In that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: How dare he? Another amendment to the Order of Business will be proposed tomorrow until this debate takes place and until Members receive a level of commitment that the people of the north west of Ireland are truly equal to the rest, rather than George Orwell's definition in which some people are more equal than others.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Transport Provision (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, for coming to the Chamber to deal with this matter. Ardvarney national school in north Leitrim has 41 pupils, 28 of whom avail of school transport. Of these 28, 14 are deemed by the Department of Education and Skills and Bus Éireann to be eligible for free school transport, with the remainder availing of the concessionary...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Transport Provision (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for his response, but it is entirely unsatisfactory. It is an abdication of responsibility to claim this is a matter for Bus Éireann. The fact is that the spirit of the legislation and the Department's own criteria are not being followed in this case. Going around the country engaging in a literal interpretation of every rule will mean rural communities...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: By the Opposition.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: We have introduced three Private Members' Bills. How many have Government Members introduced?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Government is selling a pig in a poke to the public.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Leader should get real. He is playing senior hurling now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: With respect, will the Leader undertake to request a response?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is not just this Government. All Governments------
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is not about politicising the issue; it is about debate-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The figures speak for themselves. We are losing the battle on suicide. How many people have to die?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The figures speak for themselves. We are losing the battle on suicide and the empty rhetoric will not save any lives.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I see that our plan to phase ourselves out is almost complete. I would like to be associated with the tributes to Donal Walsh, a most inspirational young man. I do not want to pour negativity on the positive messages people are giving but, yet again, we in this House are the champions of rhetoric on suicide. Somebody who was dying spoke up and used their impending demise to promote an issue...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It is proposed that on Sunday, cuts will be applied to the pay and conditions of staff in Bus Éireann. As the Leader is aware, SIPTU has already balloted 900 members for industrial action in this regard and it now seems quite likely this will proceed. This side of the House accepts savings need to be made, and this is a culmination of 11 long months of deliberations between all of the...