Results 41-56 of 56 for 5 million speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)
Marc MacSharry: ...of mine and not one that I intend to support. My major problem - I have used this analogy a couple of times - is that we have established a McAlpine to build a tree house. We set up this €50-million-a-year wage structure to effectively do the same thing. The Minister of State said the abolition of water charges would lead us back to that old, broken system, with 50% of the water...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Funding (18 Nov 2014)
Marc MacSharry: ..., is not present to deal with this very important issue on the need for the Minister to provide immediate financial assistance to Sligo County Council to ensure that in agreeing a budget for 2015, it does not unfairly penalise the citizens of Sligo and-or its businesses and industrial community because of the council's adherence to the policy directed by the Minister's Department. This...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)
Marc MacSharry: That is a legitimate question. Towards the end of last night's briefing of the Committee of Public Accounts, we learned about a €5 million sum for county and city managers. For what purpose has this money been provided? Is it for additional consultancy for these managers who may have knowledge of local authorities?
- Seanad: The One Percent Difference National Giving Campaign: Statements (22 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: ...event where lives are lost and money is needed. We are per capita bigger contributors than anywhere else. The point has been well made, and 89% of Irish adults give to a charity, compared to 58% in the UK and 40% in Germany. As Senator Landy - and I am sure Senator Ó Murchú - mentioned, at 0.1% of profit, it seems the top 500 companies in Ireland could do more in contributing...
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Marc MacSharry: ...Houses of Oireachtas. I do not think there was a measure of surprise in today's speech by either Minister. A bereavement grant of €630 was introduced in 1999 when the cost of running the country was €25 billion. I understand that the grant is now at the substantially higher rate of €850. Today the grant is being cut completely when the cost of running the country...
- Seanad: Shannon Airport: Motion (12 Dec 2012)
Marc MacSharry: ...in balanced regional development has always been access to the area. The costs in Government subvention to Knock airport is 83 cent per passenger and to Shannon, by comparison, it is almost ¤5 per passenger. The Government spoke, as reported on 31 March in The Irish Times, by way of the Minister, Deputy Vardakar. It is implicit in that quotation that they must change Government policy...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2011: Statements (8 Dec 2010)
Marc MacSharry: .... In the context of the proposed reductions in social welfare, for example, this means it will be reduced to â¬2.20 more than was paid in 2007. Life was not all bad in those years between 2005 and 2007 in the context of the taxation measures that have been changed and in the context of social welfare. The Minister of State has gone through the various measures in the budget in some...
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Marc MacSharry: ...the potential of businesses to survive and succeed. I am hopeful that will be the case. The live register is stabilising. According to yesterday's CSO figures, the number signing on decreased by 5,400 between August and September, which is hugely significant. Total unemployment now stands at 13.7% or 442,417, of whom 62,000 are in part-time employment. We can focus on all the negatives...
- Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)
Marc MacSharry: ...OECD as well as by the international media and the international markets of the measures taken over the past eighteen months, and by the Government in Budget 2010; the provision of nearly â¬136 million in 2010 for an additional 26,000 training and job support placements bringing to 180,000 the total number of places available to the unemployed; the wide range of measures taken in Budget...
- Seanad: Budget 2010: Statements (10 Dec 2009)
Marc MacSharry: ...agreement that the appropriate action is being taken here. Our tax revenues have fallen close to 2003 levels, which means the deficit is â¬22 billion. To bridge this gap, we are borrowing â¬400 million a week, but we simply cannot continue in that vein. Nobody would set out by design to contemplate the kind of budget announced yesterday, including wages cuts and reductions in social...
- Seanad: European Parliament Irish Constituency Members) Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Jun 2009)
Marc MacSharry: ...case, for many years Spain's MEPs were the lower paid ones while the MEPs of Ireland and other countries enjoyed pay scales and expenses that were very generous indeed. It is good that the 2005 recommendations are finally becoming law in this and other countries. I very much hope other countries will be rowing in as we have, and this can be the beginning of many reforms that are required...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2009 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (28 May 2009)
Marc MacSharry: ...under former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern. The expenditures outlined in my party's election manifesto in 2007 were in line with anticipated increases in growth rates and tax revenues of 4% to 5% per annum. When circumstances change, however, it is incumbent on governments and others to change their approach, which is what we have done. In the past year or two, it has been necessary,...
- Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Second Stage (21 May 2009)
Marc MacSharry: ...a little too prescriptive given the volatility or non-existence of a property market. I fully agree with, and support the establishment of, the compensation fund. The hope is to build it up to â¬5 million. I do not know whether that is necessary as â¬2 million or â¬3 million may suffice in the interim, to be reviewed every couple of years. There are other improvements we can make....
- Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)
Marc MacSharry: ...to contract by 8%, the consumer price index will fall by 4%, unemployment will rise to 12% and total spending on public services will cost â¬60 billion, with a general Government balance of -10.75%. These are serious figures. To stabilise the public finances, the budget has been framed against the background of the most challenging fiscal and economic situation for generations. The...
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (24 Apr 2008)
Marc MacSharry: ..., as so often happens with other Ministers. I join with others in celebrating the fact we have come so far. As the Minister indicated in his speech, tourist numbers in 1990 were approximately 3 million and grew to 8 million in 2007. Revenue has risen in the same period from â¬1 billion to â¬5 billion. Domestic tourism was worth â¬0.5 billion in 1990 and is now worth â¬1.6...
- Seanad: Competition Authority Report: Statements. (25 Feb 2004)
Marc MacSharry: ...to increase consumer confidence and trust of brokers and insurance companies. This will improve the situation for everybody. Under the current system, an insurance broker receives approximately 5% commission for motor cover and 9% for liability insurance. Any reduction in these fees from an insurance company may well discourage a broker from selling that company's product even though it...