Results 1-6 of 6 for israel speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)
Marc MacSharry: ...to get the vaccine and to get their booster as soon as it is available to them. That said, and everybody knows me here so it is not personal, there are a couple of things to say. Either Israel is reckless or NIAC is too slow. We are going the scenic route to things. I was vaccinated in May as I had an underlying condition. We knew when I was getting the vaccine that it waned after...
- Ballymurphy Inquest: Statements (18 May 2021)
Marc MacSharry: ...murdered on British soil by Russian agents. At the time I asked whether we would ever take such steps in other instances. I asked at the time: what happens the next time children are killed in Israeli strikes? Of course, 61 children have been killed in Israeli strikes over the past week. I wonder whether we will wait 50 years as a State before we hold a debate in this House to condemn...
- Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)
Marc MacSharry: ...as suffering the consequences of bumps in the delivery schedule. It is not lost on me that there are no bumps in the delivery schedule in Tyrone, Fermanagh, throughout the rest of the UK and Israel, but there are bumps in the road for us. I have suggested many times that we procure from others and do a side deal but we are obsessed with being goody two-shoes Europeans. Austria has done...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)
Marc MacSharry: ...the manufacturers were saying at the beginning, based on clinical trials, particularly the Pfizer trials, that there needed to be three or four weeks between the first and second injections, the UK, Israel and the United States went a different route, deciding on 12 weeks. Their data are based on many millions of people, much more than in a clinical trial, and they have adopted a 12-week...
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)
Marc MacSharry: ...Soriot of AstraZeneca and Alex Gorsky of Johnson & Johnson and ask how much do they want because we are prepared to pay and that Ireland is putting Irish citizens first, just like Germany and Israel are doing as regards their citizens. As the Minister's party colleague, I appeal to him to shelve the good European line just for once. We will pay for whatever they give us but let...
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)
Marc MacSharry: ...healthcare professionals. We are supposed to be leading this. We knew the vaccine was coming. It was not sprung upon us as a surprise. It was not shoved down our throats but we were not ready. Israel is leading the charge globally. Why can we not be like them? Even if we paid €60 per dose to Pfizer or whoever, the cost of two for every person in the country comes in at...