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- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: It must have been close to the bone. They seem to be getting very-----
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I have nothing to be careful about. I am talking about the future.
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I want to talk about the future and build on the good work already done with the other appointments. Do the appointments of David Begg, Matthew Elderfield or Alan Dukes to the board of Anglo Irish Bank represent cronyism? We cannot cherry pick. It is not about showing a lack of respect. In changing the regulatory regime with this Bill and two more Bills to follow, it shows the belief in...
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I believe in this institution's ability to do that well and continue to do it in the way it has been undertaken. It has shown the world an example in recent times.
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I assume the Minister will not accept the amendment but between the passage of this legislation and the publication of the Central Bank Reform (No. 2) Bill perhaps the Department or the Minister might agree to liaise with the regulator and the Irish League of Credit Unions to assess the impact of the legislation on the day-to-day running of that organisation in continuing the very good work...
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: Come on over.
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: Now.
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I fundamentally disagree with Senators Ross and Donohoe. The institutions of the State command and demand a certain level of respect. As I stated, in a small country it will be possible to trace some level of lineage or connection to a political party, even in the case of Senator Ross. We expect the Government of the day to take decisions on behalf of citizens. Governments must have...
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: That is the Senator's opinion. This is a democratically elected Government which has made determinations with which the Senator happens to disagree.
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I join others in welcoming the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan. It is great he is here to take this Bill. I also welcome this opportunity to make a few points on the Bill in the form of a mild rebuttal of the previous speaker's two main objections to it. The Senator's second point related to a letter that was written referring to something last March, which was superseded. It was highly...
- Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: The Senator has covered the board.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: Last week during a motion on the Adjournment, I was in a position to uncover a level of unhealthy proximity and familiarity between HIQA and the HSE. Documents were finally made available to me as a result of directions by the Office of the Ombudsman. Today, we will see further evidence of this situation, as inconsistencies in HIQA have been found in respect of the 133 nursing homes it has...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)
Marc MacSharry: -----which the documents I possess have proven to be inappropriate and could compromise more than people's financial well-being. We also need a debate on how to reform the Health Act 2004 in a meaningful way to bring that budget - â¬15 billion of the people's money - back under the control of the people, the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Government. I fully agree that we should debate...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I join Senator Alex White in calling for that debate so we can have a meaningful input into making the next budget. We should have a series of debates, with suggestions coming forward. A property tax was mentioned and it may be useful to debate the concept of a property tax in this House. If it is being contemplated by the Government, could it be applied in such a way as to ensure the less...
- Seanad: Health Services (23 Jun 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ãine Brady. My matter is as follows: the need for the Minister for Health and Children, in light of serious questions which arise from the content of documents released to me under the Freedom of Information Act as directed by the Information Commissioner, Ms Emily O'Reilly, to hold an independent review of governance standards in the HSE and the...
- Seanad: Health Services (23 Jun 2010)
Marc MacSharry: It did not at that time meet the standards. That is a fact and a matter of public record. I regret that I and many thousands of people in the north west were vilified by health professionals and, in my view, people who acted in concert to subvert the course of a process that should have been objective, but was completely subjective. These are all matters that are borne out in documentation...
- Seanad: Health Services (23 Jun 2010)
Marc MacSharry: Minister, I do not accept anything that was said. The Minister is obviously happy with what she has been told, but I have proof that it is flawed and has been organised and engineered in the same way that Ministers from my party were told by regulators, central bankers and service providers that the banks were well capitalised weeks before the collapse. There is no ambiguity; there cannot...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)
Marc MacSharry: A debate on taxi regulation would be useful. Senator Norris has raised the anomaly of perfectly fine vehicles having to be struck off, as it were, for use as taxis. The national car test should address this issue, especially as it is permitted to grant limousine licences for vehicles that are much older than ten years. I concur with the Senator on that point. In the light of certain...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Jun 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I join Senators in paying tribute to the late Peter Callanan who was a great friend to me when I entered the House as a relatively young Senator in 2002. The first thing I learned about Peter was that he was not a member of any clique. We have all observed various cliques around the Houses during the years. The best tribute I can pay is one which previous speakers noted, namely, that Peter...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)
Marc MacSharry: I join Senator O'Toole in seeking a debate on bank regulation and banking generally. As I have said before, we need to constantly dip into and out of this issue given events outside the House. I welcome the recent report by the regulator about the intention to introduce more stringent controls. It will certainly make life potentially difficult for people. It is an awful shame that those...