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- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: ââwe have seen the Minister deliver a budget that looks after the most vulnerable in society while establishing an economic environment that will allow the economy to grow at sustainable levels. I welcome that. There are very significant increases in the non-contributory pension.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: What was the increase from the Senator's party in 1982?
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: What was it in 1993?
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: We must deal with the facts. This is an extraordinary level of interruption, a Chathaoirligh. I was respectful and quiet as I listened to the Opposition spokespersonââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: ââand I intend to be until the end of the debate.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: This is a budget of investment in our future. It is about promoting and protecting the environment. It introduces measures which do not penalise people for supporting the environment but incentivises them to realise their responsibilities for the future. This planet is not just for us and the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and other parties of today but for our children and their children. In...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Marc MacSharry: ââit reaches Sligo. Senator Healy Eames is aware of my commitment to that. With regard to taxation, we have again tried to ensure that people on the lowest incomes are either kept out of the tax net or pay the minimum amount of tax. This is most important and must be welcomed. Approximately 80% of budget expenditure is in the areas of health, education and social welfare. To be able...
- Seanad: Cancer Services: Statements (20 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister to the House. There were some comments on this issue some time ago when the cancer control strategy was announced. We all welcome the concept of centres of excellence. I will follow up on that, although certain matters are coming to light which show issues remain to be dealt with in the north west as a matter of the utmost urgency. I hope the Minister will take my...
- Seanad: Cancer Services: Statements (20 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: There are other details from the O'Higgins report, entitled The Development of Services for Symptomatic Breast Disease, which is a report of the sub-group to the National Cancer Forum. It states: "A unit seeing 100 cases of breast cancer per year would see at least 1,000 new patients with breast symptoms annually." As it stands, medical personnel in Sligo General Hospital carry out 4,000...
- Seanad: Pension Provision: Motion (14 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: This is the first opportunity to welcome the current Minister in this Administration and to wish him well in his portfolio. I thank my colleagues in the Progressive Democrats for tabling this motion on what will be one of the most important issues in the future. I wish to comment on some of the issues I have come across in the Green Paper, even though Deputy Olwyn Enright's reaction was...
- Seanad: Pension Provision: Motion (14 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: It is drawing nearer in any event. Many of my friends, none of whom was contributing to pension schemes, laughed at me and stated that it was my tough luck. Perhaps I will eventually have the last laugh. These are some of the reasons the people who will be most vulnerable when the time comes have not bought into the process. In discussions on the Green Paper, perhaps we could consider the...
- Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I fully support the ambitious programmes laid out by the Road Safety Authority and the determined and direct fashion in which it is going about its mission. Enforcement of road safety legislation has always been an issue. Speed is the greatest killer and while I welcome...
- Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: It has broadened the Senator's horizons.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: I join Senator Walsh in calling on the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to come to the House for a debate on the role of sport in bringing the people of this island closer together. The House should note that the 15th round of this year's World Rally Championship will be jointly hosted by Belfast and Sligo this weekend and will have approximately 150,000 spectators.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: The event will bring communities on both sides of the Border together in a way that has not happened to date. It is most significant that the launch of this great event in Stormont tomorrow evening will be celebrated by Dr. Ian Paisley, leaders of Sinn Féin and the other parties in the North, a member of the British royal family and Ministers from this jurisdiction. We should have more...
- Seanad: Energy Security and Climate Change: Motion (7 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: With all respect to the Minister of State, I regret that the Minister is not here. Having served with him on the committee, there is no doubt of his genuine passion and commitment for solutions to the most significant question facing us and the generations to come that will inhabit this planet. I welcome the opportunity to make some comments on the issue. The motion as put down by the...
- Seanad: Energy Security and Climate Change: Motion (7 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: Great strides have been made on the western seaboard in terms of renewable energy, where we see the establishment of many wind farms. However, many more farmers have appropriate sites, but they cannot get permission to go ahead with them, some for planning reasons and some because there is no facility to connect them to the national grid. I would like to see this area prioritised. Let us...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: I join Senator Fitzgerald in seeking a debate on the HSE and cancer services. While I cannot support an amendment to the Order of Business, I am confident the Deputy Leader will try his best to accede to the wishes of the House for a thorough debate on the health service generally and on what, at times, appear to be independent actions by the HSE. There must be accountability, and there...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: That was extremely shocking. If it had been a Member of the Oireachtas, regardless of party, there would have been calls for their resignation from one end of the country to the other. It is a disgrace. It would be of great benefit to have a thorough debate on the matter. Some weeks ago I welcomed the concept of centres of excellence but there have been many developments since then in...
- Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (1 Nov 2007)
Marc MacSharry: Next Wednesday at 2.30 p.m.