Results 12,801-12,820 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Acting Chairman should direct his comment at his own people. People on the other side of the House want to live in the past and constantly describe the original document, by the outgoing Fianna Fáil Government, as their manifesto, which was the recovery document. The Minister of State spoke about it for ten minutes. It would prove useful, if we want to examine the past, to examine the...
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Let us examine chapter 6.4 on page 28 of the manifesto document which states: "Fine Gael will put an increased emphasis on Community Gardaà and encourage members to live in the communities they serve." In the same paragraph, it outlined how it would end wasting the time that law enforcement officers spend checking passports at airports or doing administrative duties in Garda stations so...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: On a point of order, on two occasions, I asked the Leader and Deputy Leader for an explanation about the two people appointed to the Heritage Council who did not even apply,
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: It still requires the Leader to usefully reflect that before he casts------
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: If that is the Leader's defence, I am afraid it is a sad day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The Leader is touchy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Will the Leader answer the question about the two Labour Party activists who did not apply? Did the letter to the people whose application failed say the Government was sorry but that they had to look after two party hacks and thank them for their applying?
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: What about Sligo hospital? Does Senator O'Keeffe remember that commitment?
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: These cuts. Of course.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: What about the two people who-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: What about the two who did not apply for the job?
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: A Labour press officer and an activist were appointed to a State body.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: That is a great defence.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: That is what he said. It's just something parties do before elections.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: Many of them did not apply for the positions at all.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, namely, that the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, come to the House to explain what alternatives to the cutting of the mobility grant and transport allowance, as announced so suddenly last night, were examined and deemed illegal. I cannot understand what this Government has against people with disabilities....
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: The horse has bolted. Consultations on an issue do not take place after the fact rather they take place before it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: I was never in government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Marc MacSharry: If I have a credible point to make whether the previous Government did or did not do something is not my concern in defending the people.