Results 1-20 of 45 for cavan speaker:Marc MacSharry

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Sep 2022)

Marc MacSharry: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the route of the Rural Link bus managed from the Cavan/Monaghan Rural Link office to accommodate persons from the Carrigallen area in County Leitrim to travel to Cavan town, to include members of the Ukrainian community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46902/22]

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Marc MacSharry: ...not be the medicine that is required for the illness, which is the lack of improvements in the north-west region to get it to that developed stage which will ensure that counties like Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan are capable of performing to potential and making a contribution to the national effort which is sustainable. To achieve this the Northern and Western Regional...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...we are currently. I am from the north west of the country, where many local communities are concerned about over-afforestation, particularly in counties Leitrim and Donegal and parts of County Cavan, as the Minister of State is well aware. I ask him to engage with the Save Leitrim organisation on a continuing basis. Progress can be made on this issue. In the context of stripping out...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...Border counties comes from the North of Ireland. In fact, the North of Ireland itself does not have the processing capacity to deal with that milk and it comes south to Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth. As it stands, if there was a no-deal Brexit, it would be a nightmare with the number of loads that have to come across the Border for processing. There have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: If it could because the other side of it relates to my constituency - but it will not be mine the next time - where schools in Bawnboy and Belturbet in Cavan are eing closed and the pupils moved to another school in the larger town of Ballyconnell. I wonder about the wisdom of these policies where on the other side of the policy house we have serious difficulties - and will have into the...

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Marc MacSharry: .... I assure him that there are also people and communities there. County Leitrim is the worst affected area, but as Deputy Scanlon and others have pointed out, the problem persists in Donegal, Sligo, west Cavan and parts of Roscommon. The Minister is pursuing policies but, while talking the talk and sounding great in many ways, the policies are contradicted by their scheduling. The...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...it will cost and when it will be finished. I have one little tip. The Government should get the providers to carry out the less lucrative work first. I refer to Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Cavan and Monaghan. Perhaps then we will not have another Carillion on our hands or another Eir that will tell us it has already picked all the gold and will leave the silver and copper to...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...proposed amendments in this regard, but to add insult to injury, what are the people of south Donegal or south Roscommon to think when their constituency is called Sligo-Leitrim? The people of west Cavan were rightly indignant that they were moved into that constituency. It was joked around these Houses that some Deputies and Senators from that part of the country would erect signs...

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...of work on Sligo regional Garda station is anything to go by. In Sligo an existing, functional Garda station and regional headquarters responsible for policing in counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth, with 140 gardaí working in it, with an assistant commissioner, a superintendent and a chief superintendent, does not have running water, cells or shower...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (3 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...headquarters was built. To this day no works have happened and this is totally unacceptable and an insult to the people of the north-west region. This regional office is the headquarters for Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal and Louth. This is happening against the backdrop of the cynical reopening of Stepaside Garda station. An apparent leak to the media from a report to...

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...This evening, once again, we have allowed an independent commission to decimate counties throughout the country in redrawing constituencies. I was from the almost multinational constituency of Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal. While I am pleased we have reunited Cavan, we have decimated Roscommon by putting part of north County Roscommon in with Sligo, Leitrim and south Donegal. While...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 1156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointment and diagnosis under the remit of CAMHS in counties Sligo and Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan; the length of waiting time for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...National Treatment Purchase Fund can be used to reduce the length of time vulnerable children are waiting to be seen and receive a diagnosis by CAMHS in the Sligo Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan areas; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27056/17]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: ...the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, who made a fleeting reference to balanced regional development towards the end of his speech. The people of Sligo, Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan and many other counties throughout the country are laughing heartily at such a suggestion.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 61. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to increase the number of home help hours in counties Sligo, Leitrim, west Cavan and south Donegal. [20990/16]

Adjournment Debate: Forestry Management (8 Jun 2016)

Marc MacSharry: ...to light and views. There is no right to a view, but we must be cognisant of these issues and not approach the country with the attitude that it is a blank canvas. County Leitrim, west County Cavan and parts of Sligo are being targeted by wealthy speculators who can buy land at a cheaper price and, in some cases, pay a premium for land. The net result is that young local farmers who...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2016)

Marc MacSharry: .... The Minister of State said the fragile recovery extends across very many sectors and regions but that is not true of the north west, from where I come. This region includes Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Cavan. In that part of the country, there are in the region of 200 empty retail shops, pubs, supermarkets, forecourts, factories and other business premises. The IDA budget...

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)

Marc MacSharry: ...like that or as in another country, we would throw money at the issue. We simply just do not care. There are broader mental health issues throughout the country, in Sligo and Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan, which I represent. Does the Minister of State know how long it takes to see a child psychologist in those areas? Does she know how difficult it is when a 17-year-old with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constituency Boundaries (26 Apr 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider revising the electoral boundaries and take steps to reunite south Donegal with Donegal and west Cavan with Cavan-Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8505/16]

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Marc MacSharry: ...to be wasting resources like this. From a constituency perspective, no county boundary should ever be breached. I am in a constituency, as is Senator Comiskey, where Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and Cavan will form one constituency. That is a disgrace. There is no guarantee for any of those counties to have a Deputy from their county representing them. It is a disgrace. It is not in...