Results 161-180 of 190 for speaker:Mark Dearey

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: I will explain why in one second.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: I will have a question for the Leader. It is a grim day, but I take exception to the notion that, with others, I am protecting insiders at the expense-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: It is not what we are doing.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: That is where the Senator is coming from. This is all about hunting. It has been a seriously difficult decision to arrive at and to receive any level of support for what is being proposed, but it is the most cost-effective option before us. I have yet to hear an option being given by Fine Gael that would be less costly, although I would look forward to hearing it. I am seeking a debate on...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: It would have gone through.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: I will not withdraw it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: By way of example, if the plan had been allowed to go through, there would have been further lending of further bad development proposals and God knows how much extra NAMA and recapitalisation would be costing us now. There is a public dimension to this. There is culpability, perhaps not on the part of the Government but on the part of council members of all Opposition parties. I, for one,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: Any one of the three major stories breaking today would have made it a red letter day. To have three in the one day is truly an indication of the type of flux with which we are living in political and economic terms. It behoves everyone to keep one's head, not least the administrator appointed to Quinn Insurance, the commentariat on the Croke Park deal to be put to the union membership and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: Combined with this is the fact that NAMA will begin to take bad debts from the banks. I look forward to the Minister's comments in terms of making credit flow again for the sake of all of the economy. The coming together of these two key factors - stability in costs and the availability of credit - is a significant intersection today.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: One cannot have one without the other.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: Senator Buttimer is hyperventilating.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: I ask the Leader for a debate on dissident republican violence. A man was murdered in my home town on Sunday evening while visiting a friend. There is talk that it may have been an internecine attack. Be that as it may, we know what such attacks lead to when people involved in the drugs war start to attack each other. Innocents are caught up in it, which is precisely what will happen if...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: That is unparliamentary language.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: I listened with great interest to the Minister's speech and, as a relative newcomer, I found it fascinating to see how policy finds its way through the Houses and, eventually, affects the likes of myself in my other life as a small businessman. Various bells went off in my head as I listened to the debate on the Finance Bill and tried to assimilate how it would work in the real economy and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: I also look forward to a debate on the HSE in which, given the absence of a political presence in health management, I will be able to ask questions about my community hospital, Louth County Hospital, and the justification for its proposed downgrading. I also join Senator Callely but ask that the European Parliament regions to which he referred should include a cross-Border dimension as...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: As a vintner I can reflect on the Intoxicating Liquor Act. To take Senator Bacik's argument to its natural conclusion, it seems we should also be open on Christmas Day. I, for one, would not like to ask my staff to come in on Christmas Day. We must modulate the argument and the discussion should not take place in the context of a sporting event. The confluence of sport and alcohol is most...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: It is a debate we should have but not in terms of maximising the value of a sporting event. I agree with Senator Norris as it would be disruptive to a day I enjoy as quiet and meditative. That is my choice. I am of the view that the event in question will impinge on that choice. It is worth engaging in a debate on this matter. However, it is most unfortunate that it will take place in...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: I support Senator McFadden's call for a debate on her neighbour's asylum status and the deportation order that has caused such great distress in her case. The debate could be widened to include the general issue of the way we are dealing with the backlog of applications. I understand legislation is on the way. It will not bring good news for all who are on the list but at least it will...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: At the very least it will create some clarity. I attended a recent forum in Dundalk with Deputy Ciarán Cuffe where we met with approximately 70 or 80 members of the African community in town, most of whom are in limbo, so to speak. They are aware that not all of them will get good news but they want some clarity and dignity in the way their cases are being handled. That is in short supply...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Mark Dearey: We need the whole story in this case and not part of the story.