Results 13,461-13,480 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: The Senator should just focus on the future.
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I made a number of tangible suggestions.
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: My tangible suggestions might beââ
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: The Senator should not take refuge in a glass of water but give us tangible evidence.
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: The Senator did not support the guarantee.
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I am not at all excited.
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I am bored listening to the same rhetoric
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I join others in welcoming the Minister of State and am glad to have the opportunity to make some points on the economy. At the beginning of this session it is important that in our debate we communicate a strong and clear message that the Government and all Members of these Houses are prepared to take the necessary action and dispense with the pantomime politics which have taken up so much...
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: In making a point on behalf of the Irish, it is not a question of abusing privilege. In talking about a programme broadcast last night one is not abusing privilege; one is simply using it, as I am well entitled to do on behalf of the people. The Minister for Finance mentioned a number of measures to tackle unemployment. Job creation requires that the public finances be put back on a...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I do not want to go into the detail of how we will discuss the banking guarantee extension later today, with a full day of debate on the economy tomorrow. When one considers the attack, as it was, on the gates of Leinster House by a member of the public today, it brings home the level of anger of that particular individual. It is testament to the kind of anger we have all experienced over...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: It relates to servicing our national debt. What is much more pressing, as has been alluded to by many, is dealing with the deficit in 2010 of â¬18.5 billion. To follow on from Senator O'Toole's comments, it would be beneficial for us to have a report on progress in the Croke Park agreement, the efficiencies that have been introduced and where we are getting more from less in that regard....
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: The pantomime of who is to blame and what could have been done is for yesterday. What is for discussion today is our future. I say this irrespective of what I read in the Financial Times and what is written by the Dublin-based correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, whom I last heard defending an article of his by saying he was only repeating what was stated in the Irish press. As an...
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2010: Motion (29 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I formally move the suspension of the House for ten minutes.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2010: Motion (29 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I join Members in welcoming the Minister of State. I am pleased to have the opportunity to make some brief points on the Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee)(Amendment) Scheme 2010. Recent years have been difficult for Ireland and the House will have substantial time tomorrow to debate various aspects of the performance of the economy, the future, what we think has been done...
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2010: Motion (29 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: We will extend the time available for the debate.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to extend the time until 10.15 p.m.
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Banking Sector) Order 2010: Motion (8 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I commend the motion. It is important the commission of investigation gets underway quickly. I welcome the appointment of Mr. Nyberg, former director general for financial services at the Finnish Ministry of Finance, and the work of the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, of which I am a member. I look forward to both these investigations bringing more clarity to the...
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Banking Sector) Order 2010: Motion (8 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I propose that the debate be extended to 7.30 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the publication yesterday of the expert report. I differ from my colleague on the Opposition side of the House. As Members will know, the prevention of family home repossession group which I established with others had a number of recommendations. I am pleased to say some of them are included in the report released yesterday. It is important to say it is an interim report and...
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: We are talking about the future of the Central Bank. I am not talking about the past.