Results 13,981-14,000 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)
Marc MacSharry: We will have the debate in the afternoon.
- Seanad: National Spatial Strategy: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister. I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. We have had similar debates in recent weeks in respect of the BMW region, regional transportation and, yesterday, the OECD report on third-level education. I ask, therefore, that the Minister indulge me if my comments are somewhat repetitive. The national spatial strategy is probably the best plan...
- Seanad: National Spatial Strategy: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: There has been an unprecedented level of investment in all areas of infrastructure. However, I have a number of major concerns about the strategy. While I have no doubt that the Government and members of the Cabinet are loyal and fully committed to the aspirations and principles of the national spatial strategy, I stated when it was launched that there may have been a need for legislation or...
- Seanad: National Spatial Strategy: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: What of Tulsk?
- Seanad: Higher Education Review: Statements. (22 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I wish to share my time with Senator Kenneally.
- Seanad: Higher Education Review: Statements. (22 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I am grateful for the opportunity to make some points on this issue. I welcome the OECD report. It is timely to have a review at this stage. Moreover, there is no better person in either House than the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, to make the necessary improvements and changes as Ireland evolves and requires more specific and strategic planning. It is clear from...
- Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State. I am delighted to have this opportunity to make a few points on this issue. The many representatives from the BMW region in the House have been seeking this debate for some time. I welcome the Minister's speech and broadly agree with its main thrust, although I have some concerns about aspects thereof. We in the BMW region do not wish to have anything at the...
- Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: We should be doing a number of things to improve rail transport. None of the 400 new rail carriages being purchased by Iarnród Ãireann is for the Sligo to Dublin line â we will get the hand-me-downs from the Cork line. We will be glad to get them, considering the 18th century stock we are currently using, but there is no visionary approach to the fact that 1 million people will locate...
- Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: Iarnród Ãireann has closed its freight facilities in Sligo, which is a gateway city. From where did that decision come? There is no university north of the line between Dublin and Galway, other than St. Angela's College, which is a constituent college. There are excellent institutes of technology, which are the shining lights of the region and are propping it up in many ways. We should seek...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I join Senator Ulick Burke in calling for a debate on the BMW region. The underspend of â¬600 million is a disgrace, particularly when there are still many infrastructural deficiencies in the region. In line with this, it would be appropriate to have a debate on the progress of the national spatial strategy. To make it a success, legislation must be introduced to get all State and semi-State...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: Yesterday, people picketed the gates of Leinster House seeking radiotherapy services for the south east. While I agree the region should have such a service, it is worth noting that there no plans for such a service north of the Dublin-Galway line. Debates on the BMW region and the national spatial strategy would be worthwhile as we plan for the future.
- Seanad: Future Development of An Post: Statements. (3 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Notwithstanding imminent talks and decisions in the Labour Court it is good to have this debate today, particularly in light of yesterday's four hour meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources with the unions and An Post. Like Senators Kenneally and Finucane, I am a member of that committee and...
- Seanad: Job Losses. (2 Feb 2005)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Michael Ahern. Over the past two weeks in Sligo the consumer goods manufacturer, Saehan Media, a Korean company, announced the latest instalment in its wind-down of the production of video tapes, and redundancies for 70 employees. That follows on from 80 redundancies the previous year, bringing the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I join with Senator O'Toole in calling for a debate on incineration, an issue about which there has been much misinformation and confusion over the past few years. We would benefit from a balanced debate, with all of the facts, in which we can explore the many positive aspects that are associated with incineration, and the negative ones, and form an opinion on it going forward. In asking the...
- Seanad: Fishing Industry: Motion. (8 Dec 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Ãireann" and substitute the following: "commends the Government's continued commitment to the sea-fisheries and aquaculture industry in its substantial programme for the reform and sustainable development of the industry as outlined in the programme for Government and the national development plan, recognises the considerable progress...
- Seanad: Fishing Industry: Motion. (8 Dec 2004)
Marc MacSharry: Contrary to the motion, the evidence points to a period of considerable action. I look forward to hearing the views of the Minister of State as they will give us greater insight into the various areas on which progress has been made. I note in this regard the Government's commitment to the sector, both in terms of the sum of â¬95 million funding allocated for next year, to which I have...
- Seanad: Fishing Industry: Motion. (8 Dec 2004)
Marc MacSharry: Other developments in Castletownbere, Rossaveal and Dunmore East are ongoing or imminent. These are all positive developments involving expenditure of many millions of euro. It is money well spent and I have no doubt that these worthwhile investments will yield many benefits for fishermen, the fishing industry and other harbour users in the regions in question. The Government is clearly...
- Seanad: Fishing Industry: Motion. (8 Dec 2004)
Marc MacSharry: Senator McHugh could not have written the motion as he knows much more about the issue than the person who drafted it. Senator Finucane all but acknowledged that fact by not referring to any aspect of the motion. He spoke of frustrations and his understanding of the issue given his experience as spokesperson on the marine in the Seanad and the other House. It is irresponsible of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I support Senator McCarthy's request to the Leader for the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, to attend the House to discuss the problem of litter. This would also give an opportunity to raise the issue of the Irish Business Against Litter organisation, which is very much in the media every six months. I draw the...
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am pleased to have an opportunity to make further points and reiterate previous points relating to decentralisation. I welcome the Flynn report, which gives a clear outline of the properly managed implementation of the decentralisation programme announced last year. It is worth noting that this is phase two of the Fianna Fáil decentralisation...