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Seller's Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Oct 2023)

Marc MacSharry: ...are supporting it and I am very grateful to them for that opportunity. Before I begin, I welcome members of the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers to the Gallery, including its CEO Pat Davitt and its president John Kennedy. I thank them for their vision in suggesting this legislation. I also thank former Oireachtas Member and Senator, Lorraine Higgins, of Rockwood, for...

Seller's Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: First Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Marc MacSharry: ...we have seen young buyers' mortgage approvals elapse while lengthy conveyancing takes place where, for example, an unforeseen planning permission or some such documentation is not put in place. I pay tribute to Pat Davitt and the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers for having the courage to bring forward this proposal, which ultimately is a consumer measure. Property...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: ...have been done, what must be done now, and indeed what was done in 2004 and 2005. At that time, we had a proper Minister with responsibility for the marine, with delegated authority, former Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher. He went to Brussels and met the Commissioner in charge of fisheries, Joe Borg. He made the case that we could not have pierside weighing because, unlike in some other...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (3 Jul 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...Dáil and the Seanad were not resourced in terms of expenses to be able to say in hotels, as we are lucky enough to be able to do today. In terms of TDs and Senators, the originals were Mark Killilea, Ray MacSharry, Pat the Cope Gallagher, the late Flor Crowley and former Senator Bernard McGlincey. If only the walls of No. 30 could talk, there was much wisdom imparted by Mark...

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

Marc MacSharry: ...as well so I recognise that the amendment tabled by the Government as the usual three-card trick, backed up by officials. For Private Members' legislation, Ministers give sponsoring Deputies a superficial pat on the back while the legislation is kicked down the road, never to be seen again. The reality is that the policies the Minister speaks of, including Project Ireland 2040 and the...

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
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Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Marc MacSharry: I am sorry for cutting Mr. McKeon short. It is not the case that we are not patting the Department on the back for all the stuff it does correctly. Our job here is to focus on what is not done correctly-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...to have the Minister attend, but it should be considered in light of the level of importance attaching. There is an omission. On further consideration, the assistant commissioner for Dublin, Mr. Pat Leahy, could usefully contribute to this discussion. One meeting would do it, but, if possible, we will need the Minister as well. That would be my preference. One meeting with Mr. Noel...

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...the centre of State policy on the family home. I find it reprehensible in the extreme that Government has the arrogance in its amendment to suggest that this legislation is in some way not compatible with Bunreacht na hÉireann. This is fundamentally wrong, it is flawed and I cannot imagine that this advice came from the office of any learned Attorney General. Rather, the default...

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

Marc MacSharry: I congratulate the Ministers who are present, Deputies Pat Breen and Mary Mitchell O'Connor, on their appointments. It is a great honour for them and I do not doubt their commitment in any way. I am glad to have the opportunity to make a few points on this motion. I thank the Labour Party for using its Private Members' time to bring this issue forward. We would all aspire to a living...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)

Marc MacSharry: And would you have met with Tony Grimes and Pat Neary?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Marc MacSharry: ...no heat. This is the man who champions the promotion of ridiculing the chasm of disconnection in a European context when he is totally and completely disconnected from what the people want. He patted himself on the back for bringing great stability faced with the challenges, having followed the Brian Lenihan plan for stabilising the economy, yet he went to an earlier global gathering in...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Marc MacSharry: On Senator Pat O'Neill's point about the Garda Commissioner, while on a personal level I wish her well and hope she will do a good job, Senator Mark Daly was perfectly within his rights to make a legitimate point. It is a fact that the person in question was deputy commissioner when many of these issues came to light. That is worth noting and remembering.

Seanad: Racism in Ireland: Motion (4 Jun 2014)

Marc MacSharry: ...to mention her while she is not in the House but I will do so in a positive manner. I refer to Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell and her work as a broadcaster. I remember when she worked with the "Pat Kenny Show" she spent a week with a Nigerian family in Dundalk, I think. I am sure she will correct the record if I am wrong. I found her radio report hugely informative for me as an...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (7 May 2014)

Marc MacSharry: ...it does exist. Shockingly, anecdotal evidence suggests that in February of this year the newly-appointed head of disability services, Ms Marion Meaney, was unaware of the document. One wonders whether Mr. Pat Healy, the director in this area, is aware of the document. Then again why should I wonder when nothing was done with the document since March 2013? That is hardly the kind of...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)

Marc MacSharry: ...of the passing of our colleague, the former Senator John Carty, who was a former member of the other House as well. On behalf of the Fianna Fáil group and all of us in the House we offer our sympathy to Kathleen, his wife, and all his family. During his time in public life, John Carty dedicated his life to public service, as an agricultural officer with the Department of...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Marc MacSharry: The next time Senator O'Donnell is on the Pat Kenny show she can give me a mention.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ..., ICTU, or a Sunday Independent journalist to get coverage in this House. Otherwise, one did not get coverage in "Oireachtas Report". Of course that is for the alcoholic insomniacs, as Deputy Pat Rabbitte once called them, who stay up until the middle of the night to watch that programme. Other than that, despite the efforts of Jimmy Walsh, there was no coverage of this House or its...

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Motion (8 May 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...it used to gall me to read some Government motions that commended and welcomed Government actions. I love the one from the Government that acknowledges our collective failure in an area rather than pats ourselves on the back. While there has been some progress much of it is superficial. We might have a committee on this, a steering group on that and something else on the other....

Seanad: Mortgage Credit (Loans and Bonds) Bill 2012: Second Stage (17 Oct 2012)

Marc MacSharry: ...shown. We are still in denial. We have had the Personal Insolvency and Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bills. Senator Sean Barrett, the sponsor of this Bill, is being given the pat on the head that is customary when Independent Senators introduce legislation.

Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)

Marc MacSharry: ...these cuts tooth and nail. However, he voted against the motion in the Dáil last week. A senior Labour Party member, such as the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, goes to see the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, and we instantaneously get a review of the DEIS schools, but is the opinion or weight of Fine Gael Minister...