Results 841-860 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: It is more relevant to section 9, but it probably has some relevance to this section as well. To deny that suicide is not a genuine risk to somebody's health and life, as some speakers appear to do, is to deny the facts of life. I have been a psychiatric nurse for 28 years. I have worked with groups in the community and I am rapporteur to the health committee on suicide prevention. I am...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: That is a matter for the party.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: On a point of order, those remarks about the Leader cannot be allowed to stand on the record of this House.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: He is a disgrace.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Oh my God. How could the Senator not know that what he said would be upsetting? It was disgraceful talk.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: On a point of order, Senator Walsh's voyeurism does not offend me, but it is very offensive to a great number of people.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: That is ridiculous. We have to keep the debate honest.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: That is Article 40.3.3°.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: People have spoken twice on this issue, in two referendums.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: What does this have to do with the amendment we are debating? Let us do our job properly in this House.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: On a point of order, I ask the Senator to keep the provocation and graphic detail out of his contribution.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Some 100,000 people have had the misfortune of having experienced an abortion.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: We do not want to distress people any further in a most distressing situation. There is an onus on Members to be cognisant of this.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Not for me; I am asking the Senator to be conscious that 100,000 women in the country have had abortions.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: We cannot have this.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I refer to the Title of the Bill. Before the debate really kicks off, it might be no harm to remind ourselves exactly what the Supreme Court stated. Otherwise, it will give rise to all kinds of irrelevant arguments. On 5 March 1992, Chief Justice Finlay spoke on this point. He stated: I, therefore, conclude that the proper test to be applied is that if it is established as a matter of...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: That is exactly the point.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: On the naming of the Bill, the life of the unborn is contingent on the life of the mother. Of course it is the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill - there can be no other name for it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I look forward to that. I acknowledge the kind words of my colleagues and thank them. I invite them all to join me for a cup or tea or a glass of wine later this evening.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Senator Leyden should keep it honest.