Results 13,241-13,260 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: We have had all sorts of suggestions all morning-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: ----- of people being accused of telling lies.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: It is the Leader who is lying and misrepresenting the truth.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: The Leader has accused other Senators - how dare he.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: In ten years-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: The Leader knows it and how dare he say it today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: The Leader should withdraw what he said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I never heckle as the Leader knows.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, namely, that the Minister for Health come to the House immediately to explain the implications of this morning's decision by An Bord Pleanála which is an outrage. An Bord Pleanála's decision refers to the impact on visual amenity, detraction from the character of protected buildings and the overdevelopment of the site. Are these issues...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: There must be a level of joined up Government in this regard. I recall the imagination of one tweeter who said: "So Bord Pleanála which oversaw the Celtic tiger planning fiasco stops the only viable construction project for the entire country." This is an outrage. That is why I demand that the Minister for Health come to the House immediately to explain this decision, which is a disaster,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: In fairness, I will withdraw nothing which puts children health first regardless of who shouts or for how long they shout.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Children must come first.
- Seanad: Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister for always making himself available to this House. Given the busy nature of the Minister's Department, it is welcome that the senior Minister has always done so. Legislation such as this, the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill and others are less of a priority in the public mind and I thank the Minister for attending the Chamber on these matters. While...
- Seanad: Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: While he is on that point, does the Minister have any thoughts about the number of children on trolleys?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I support the proposed amendment to the Order of Business because, while I welcome aspects of the Minister's announcement, it does not go far enough. It is ridiculous that rural schools have not been adequately dealt with within this framework in terms of achieving â¬15 million in savings. As I noted several weeks ago in a debate which gave Members had an opportunity to vote on this issue,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: As the Sinn Féin Senator rightly pointed out, the situation of rural schools will now worsen as the cost of saving some of the DEIS positions will be spread over the entirety of the country through cuts to capitation grants. Notwithstanding the difficulties that every Administration faces in providing funding on an ongoing basis, the current Government will go down in history as the most...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, I do. I call for a debate on procurement because it has come to my attention that some of the tenders for professional advice to State agencies are written specifically for the winning applicant. The parameters are so narrow that they exclude the vast majority of people who provide these services, with the exception of the chosen few firmly embedded within the gin and tonic belt in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: They will be hit equally.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: It is customary.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)
Marc MacSharry: I agree with Senator Darragh O'Brien in calling for some action on the personal insolvency Bill and the tragedy of mortgage arrears, a silent crisis that is still continuing three years after it was first highlighted in this House and when solutions were debated. There has still been no tangible action. As the Senator stated, the latest figures show a significant increase in the number of...