Results 13,101-13,120 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I move amendment No. 4: In page 24, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following subsection: "(3) The Executive shall, within one month of the enactment of this Bill, publish clear and detailed guidelines setting out—(a) the criteria that shall form the basis for the Executive’s decision to add an item to the Reimbursement List, and (b) the criteria which shall form the...
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I appreciate that is the case. I very much hope the Minister of State is right and that the turnaround time will be quick. There is always a new drug one might want to get on the list. In terms of existing drugs that is fine but I hope the turnaround time will prove short. I accept what the Minister of State said.
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I move amendment No. 3: In page 24, subsection (2), line 14, to delete “180 days” and substitute “90 days”.It is the same situation with the period of 180 days. Again, if the answer is going to be the same we will let it go for now but 180 days is a considerable amount of time, in effect, six months, to get on the reimbursement list, with which we have a difficulty.
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I move amendment No. 1: In page 14, subsection (2), line 7, to delete “180 days” and substitute “90 days”.I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. I have tabled a number of amendments to the Bill and I note that one of them has not been accepted. I wish to make the point that my party is supportive of this legislation. We have tabled some amendments...
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for bringing forward this legislation. In one way it is a shame it has taken so long. I acknowledge, as the Minister did, the savings that have been made through negotiations with the various representative organisations and other measures dating back to 2006, and particularly 2009. I welcome the aspiration with which this Bill sets out...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: A spatial strategy, Fine Gael style.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I support the amendment to the Order of Business tabled by Senator à Domhnaill. I also agree with Senator Darragh O'Brien who tabled an amendment to the Order of Business calling on the Minister for Health to come to the House. A number of serious issues have arisen in the past week, in particular. We have seen the health overruns and the conditioning of the public that the troika is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: The question has already been asked but, I suppose, I am giving the context to it which must not be lost in these important issues.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Senator Michael Mullins has as much experience and knows from where Senator David Norris was coming.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I join with others in seeking a debate on suicide. Last year the number of people who died by suicide was 525, which is effectively the population of a sizeable village. As I said, if this was happening in Syria or another country, we would be sending in UN troops. The piecemeal approach to suicide in the past number of years is inexcusable. The number of suicides increased last year but...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I am not, this is a new issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Yes. Is it the procedure that the independent director of the national cancer control programme proofs and approves what are highly political draft speeches? If it is confirmed that is the case, I wish to question that person's capability to continue in that role?
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I second the amendment to the Order of Business moved by Senator Power. This important issue requires to be discussed. I remind Members, as I am sure they already will be aware as the Leader has said it, that I will propose later today the Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012, which is non-adversarial legislation. I would hope that, between now and this evening, everyone will take a moment...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I am glad to take the opportunity to explain a little in advance of the debate. I hope all the Members will take the time to attend the debate. I very much hope we can celebrate it as a pioneering legislation put forward by a united Seanad rather than use it for political adversarial purposes, as is so often the case.
- Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I thank Members for participating in this debate. I am shocked, however, having listened to the Minister of State. I will not cast aspersions on any individual, but her script was a disgrace. As I did not interrupt anyone during the entire debate, I expect to have the full four minutes available to me to respond. If the director of the national cancer control programme, whose name I will...
- Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: As the Minister of State cannot raise a point of order, perhaps I might be allowed to continue. Nowhere in the Bill is it stated we should make all drugs available to everyone, whatever the cost. Far from it, it would provide for a process where the patient comes first, not last.
- Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: This is the first time in ten years that an official has been allowed to prepare a note to be given in reply to a Member of the House. I object to this; it is wrong. Senator Mark Daly mentioned that the director of the national cancer control programme had allegedly proof-read the script. This was mentioned by the other side of the House. It was also said the EMA did not consider and...
- Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: To withdraw what.
- Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: For what reason?
- Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I withdraw the word "clown" and restate my remarks. The person who wrote this script would be better at juggling in a circus ring than writing scripts for Ministers.