Results 13,941-13,960 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: We need to take a more innovative approach to commercial rates. I am particularly concerned about small rather than big businesses. I am not taking the IBEC line on this issue as I have experience of the matter but all businesses should pay their share and those which can pay should pay. That a large proportion of the commercial rates bill is paid by a small percentage of businesses needs to...
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: I wish to make one final point.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: I will not do so for fear I might drop a preference and will hand over to Senator Leyden gracefully.
- Seanad: Third Level Education: Statements (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and the opportunity to make a few points on third level education rather than the Fottrell report. I agree with Senator McHugh about the points system. When I was doing my leaving certificate, points were very high for medicine. At that time, contemporaries of mine who achieved maximum points automatically entered medical school. It was not because...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Cathaoirleach for deeming my matter on the Adjournment to be in order and I will raise it on another day. On another more serious issue, I ask the Deputy Leader for a debate as soon as possible on competitiveness, particularly in the north-west region, the counties of Sligo, Donegal and Leitrim. Traditional manufacturing industry in that part of the country is in freefall. I would...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: I ask that the statements on planning be resumed at the earliest opportunity. My colleague, Senator Scanlon, also wanted to raise this today. Yesterday An Bord Pleanála vetoed a hotel development in Enniscrone, County Sligo, which would have created 200 jobs. It is disgraceful that an area that most needs jobs misses out because of our planning system.
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Statements. (16 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: I join with other Members in welcoming the Minister of State to the House and wish him well in his renewed interest in this field. All Members are pleased he has returned to this area of responsibility and look forward to working with him in the future. I welcome the opportunity to make some points in respect of this issue. Although I am significantly younger than Senator Quinn, being from...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: May I ask the Leader if we can have another debate on planning, an issue the House has not discussed for some time? I acknowledge that improvements have been made in this regard. The Minister has issued a number of new sets of guidelines, for example. We need to debate people's right to object to various plans, which is something we have not yet dealt with adequately. New guidelines are...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: We should question whether objections are being made on foot of environmental concerns, or are emanating from an inner core of anti-globalisation interests within the organisations I have mentioned. As someone from County Sligo, which is in the west of Ireland, I would welcome a debate on the issue of tolling. Senator Ulick Burke will acknowledge that I am a strong advocate of balanced...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: I can say honestly that one cannot have it both ways. We must finance roads in a proper manner. We should examine them with maturity, rather than playing political football. The Government is performing out of its league. It is performing above its performance.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)
Marc MacSharry: All the Opposition is able to do is criticise the financing of road improvements.
- Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: Which particular secretary?
- Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I thank Senator Wilson for sharing his time. Like Senator Norris, I regret a motion must be tabled on this issue. We should have statements because there is a great deal of unanimity in regard to the approach to this issue and agreement that we continue to fail in our efforts to reduce the number of deaths on the roads. However, that does not mean the willingness does not exist on all sides...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: A report entitled Rural Ireland 2025, which is the latest in a very long line of reports on rural Ireland produced over the last number of years, was launched yesterday. Could the Acting Leader arrange a series of debates on this issue? While much has been done for rural Ireland, this report highlights the fact that the north west and the west will suffer most and a greater regional imbalance...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I support Senator Finucane's call for a debate on the exploitation of workers in Ireland. The latest incident involving the Latvian workers is a disgrace. Another instance recently came to my attention. An employer engaged a recruitment company to recruit a temporary member of staff. The employer was offering a wage of â¬13 per hour but the recruitment company only passed on â¬7 per hour of...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I ask the Leader, as I have done many times over the last three years, to invite the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to the House to debate local government funding. At this time, many local authorities are drafting estimates and unless we have a debate in the Houses of the Oireachtas and take appropriate steps we will see exorbitant increases in commercial rates....
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I join with others in welcoming the Minister of State to the House. I am delighted to have this opportunity to make a few points on this Bill, which I welcome. I am sure that neither the Minister of State nor the Minister, Deputy Cullen, would not mind if I singled out the Leader of the House and former Minister in this area, Senator O'Rourke, for particular mention. At a time when IR£10...
- Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I will help myself and others recap. In welcoming the report, I was rebutting an outrageous attack by Senator Ross on the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Gallagher. There is no need to go over this ground other than to say that was not representative of most of the contributions in the House and certainly not in keeping with the...
- Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am pleased to have an opportunity to make a few points on the joint Oireachtas committee's report. As the House may be aware, I am a member of the committee but not the sub-committee. I would like to pay tribute to Senator Kenneally, in particular, who was a member of the sub-committee and did tremendous work going through 40 submissions and...