Results 121-140 of 190 for speaker:Mark Dearey

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: For Senator Cummins to employ hyperbole with regard to this issue — and hyperbole is what it is — does not serve him at all. I have lived for most of my life within sight of my local greyhound track. I am the nearest neighbour to the greyhound track on the road out of Dundalk.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: Fr. John Harrington, who is present in the Gallery, will confirm this.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: I have received a single telephone call on this matter and for an industry that supposedly is being brought to its knees, that is an extraordinarily low level of lobbying and if that is the case, it shows an extraordinary degree of complacency. It leads me to conclude that Senator Cummins's comments are grossly exaggerated.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: The concept of over-regulation is another canard I wish to put to rest. Every sector and industry worth its salt is regulated. The principle of being self-financed——

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: The principle of being self-financed stands other sectors in good stead. In the sector in which I work, I must contribute to my own regulation. That is the way it is across the board and the costs are not excessive. This measure will improve the overall standing of the industry in the eyes of the public and of the market abroad, where the Irish puppy breeding industry does not enjoy a good...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: I would have considered that I was an obvious person to contact.

Seanad: Provision of Health Services by the HSE: Statements (16 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: I appreciate the opportunity to address the Minister directly. As I have only two minutes in which to do so, I need to cut to the chase. I refer to what is probably the most intractable network, the north east, my own area, and my analysis of how the problem might be addressed by the Minister. I have looked carefully at Parts 7 and 10 of the Health Act 2004 which describe in broad terms...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: I support the requests for a debate on foot of today's publication of the Saville report and the Prime Minister Mr. Cameron's statements thereon, which I believe will be delivered in approximately half an hour's time in the House of Commons in England. Moreover, I ask for such a debate at the earliest possible time. Were it to take place next week, it would be most timely. I ask for this...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: Will the Leader contact the Minister for Foreign Affairs at his earliest convenience regarding a report on the BBC news website that the Turkish Government is considering sending a gunboat to accompany the Rachel Corrie as it moves towards the blockade off the coast of Gaza? As this report is on a website, I cannot confirm it to be absolutely the case. It deserves the immediate attention of...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (2 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: I welcome the Minister of State. I was slightly distracted from the main theme of the debate by Senator Quinn's comments on the carbon tax, to which I may return in a few minutes. The Bill, which amends the Competition Act 2002, has been forced on us by circumstances, some of which were mentioned by Senator Quinn. There is difficulty in maintaining a board in these times when scrutiny is...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (2 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: It is kind of the Minister to say so. Given the requirement for the highest level of public trust and transparency, it is wise that the new programme for Government envisages an examination of the process of appointment to all of these boards. This is an important commitment which was agreed between the Government parties and which ought to proceed even as we move to have the Bill, which...

Seanad: Interception of Gaza-bound Humanitarian Flotilla: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: I wish to share time with Senator Ó Brolcháin with the agreement of the House.

Seanad: Interception of Gaza-bound Humanitarian Flotilla: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: I welcome the Minister. Senator Quinn is looking through the wrong end of the telescope on this issue and I was astonished by his contribution which struck me as ill-informed and grossly misplaced. As Senator Doherty remarked, we find ourselves much in agreement with Senator Quinn in this House but in this case his contribution was beyond the beyonds. The Rachel Corrie is on its way to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Mark Dearey: I welcome the fact that we are holding a debate tomorrow night on the piracy on the high seas which occurred yesterday. I refer to some time-sensitive items with regard to the Rachel Corrie which continues to make its way toward Gaza with several Irish citizens on board. It is critically important that the Israelis heed the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin, and others in their...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2010)

Mark Dearey: I join Senator Hannigan in asking the Leader to call the Minister to the House to deal in a forthright and final way with the redress that these 35 women deserve. They were savagely treated by Michael Neary. It is incumbent on us to address the issue, even at this late stage. I was in contact with one woman who was three days outside the deadline for the scheme and has been denied justice...

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Mark Dearey: The Minister of State, Deputy White, is welcome back to the House. I found the story Senator McDonald's told on the previous occasion riveting. It was about her progress through her own party and how her view had changed because she did not want women to go through what she had gone through to achieve what she had achieved. There is much in this debate on which individual parties should...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2010)

Mark Dearey: Senator Ross wondered about the Green Party view on this matter. Any semi-State body in receipt of public funds must be amenable to examination, questioning and oversight by the committees of the Houses. That applies in this case also. The issue of whistleblower protection warrants debate. I, therefore, ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come to...

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services (13 May 2010)

Mark Dearey: I thank the Minister of State for taking this question - it a is double question - on the new emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda which, although it is standing and ready to go, has been lying idle for many months now. We are several months past the anticipated opening date, which was last March. The emergency department has been featured many times on...

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services (13 May 2010)

Mark Dearey: It is interesting that the Department of Health and Children states it is not aware of any proposals from the HSE to deviate from its service plan, but it did not give any assurance that that would not happen. The ongoing failure of the two entities to communicate is the reason there is so much confusion in terms of the public's understanding of the health service. It is a pattern which is...

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 May 2010)

Mark Dearey: I was very struck some months ago when I heard the French Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde, on the Sunday news programme on RTE radio speaking about what she perceived to be the solidarity that existed within Irish life. She said it was our defining characteristic which spared us the kind of pain and turmoil the Greeks were experiencing. I was taken aback by this because at that stage my...