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- Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: In yesterday's edition of The Irish Times, the Minister for Health said he hoped to get â¬50 million back from owed moneys. With â¬162 million owed, that means â¬112 million will be written off.
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House as always and thank her for an extremely comprehensive outline of the Bill, its provisions and its context. Indeed, I do not recall one as long and as informative on an issue such as this in the past, and I thank her for that. Fianna Fáil will be supporting the legislation. It has its origins with former Minister, Ms Harney. As the Minister of...
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: One wonders if Senator Whelan could be consulted to lobby on our behalf. In addition, the Fine Gael colleagues in Government, the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, and Deputy Tony McLoughlin, promised the return of cancer services within 100 days. That did not materialise. If it can be achieved for the people in the midlands regarding the community hospital in Abbeyleix one wonders if it...
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: On the cancer issue, I am reliably told that there is a problem nationally in regard to theatre space for carrying out surgery on cancer. While clearly there are vacant theatres throughout the country for procedures, would it be an innovative, cost saving and life saving step for HSE West to allocate theatre space within Sligo General Hospital to facilitate the clear pressures for space in...
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister for being so comprehensive on this legislation which is supported but he might reflect on some of the points made on Second Stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I take the Cathaoirleach's point on raising only one issue I do not like to do disagree with the Chair but the issue of naming people has arisen over the years. Members of the House have privilege. The issue is the abuse of privilege. When names are in the public domain it is incumbent on us not to name people in a particular context. That is not abusing privilege, rather it is using it...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I am afraid I will use absolute privilege.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: Perhaps Deputy McLaughlin and the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, may now, given the great example shown by Senator Whelan from the midlands, unite in the interests of the people of the north west to show that the people of Ireland are equal, something which was shown very forcefully and successfully by Senator Whelan. I look forward to them raising the issue of discrimination against the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I supported the centre of excellence for cancer services.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: Get Senator Whelan to lead the charge.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: National politics.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: Senator Whelan is my man.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I am afraid it must be.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I second the amendment proposed by Senator à Domhnaill. A photograph on the front page of my local newspaper in Sligo this week shows people collecting home heating oil in small containers that are for sale in suppliers these days. That is how difficult people are finding it to cope and keep themselves warm. On that basis, I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to invite the...
- Seanad: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State. I have great hopes for, and confidence in, him in terms of the passion he shows in this portfolio. From monitoring his career so far, he strikes me as a man who does not operate within the box, but who is well capable of thinking outside it. That is what is needed in the Department to help it to reach its potential and tourism to play its part in the...
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements, Questions and Answers (27 Oct 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister. I have never doubted his personal commitment in the context of transforming the health service, nor did I doubt the commitment of the previous Minister, Mary Harney, or that of her predecessor in that regard. When I sat on the opposite side of the House, I had no difficulty uttering robust comments if I perceived that things were not being done correctly, that...
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements, Questions and Answers (27 Oct 2011)
Marc MacSharry: That was wrong. It is politically criminal not to state it should not have been done. Unlike other colleagues, the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, hung up the telephone on a radio interview when it was put to him. I know the Minister will not do so. I ask him to do justice to the people and state it should never have been said that a centre of excellence for cancer services would be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome today's debate on the health service and thank the Leader for organising it. I am slightly regretful over the time allocations in that an allowance of seven minutes is a little short. In important financial debates over recent years, spokespersons have had up to 20 minutes. Given that this is to be the first occasion on which the Minister of Health will be present for a general...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I appreciate there will be a debate on health in the House tomorrow and we all look forward to having the opportunity to ask questions of the Minister under the new format. However, I ask for a special debate in coming weeks on cardiology. Professor Ciaran Daly of University Hospital Galway is currently implementing recommendations to ensure Ireland matches up to international best...
- Seanad: Report by Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2011)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for attending the House to discuss this issue. He will have heard many of the points made on the last two occasions on which we debated it. I am critical of the Keane report along the same lines as New Beginning, but I do not want to rain on anybody's parade, as it is another effort by a group of people to come up with solutions. Almost always I find myself...