Results 861-880 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I support comments made by Senator Marc MacSharry, Senator Jillian van Turnhout and others on newspaper reports of a proposed reduction in the €35 million ring-fenced this year for mental health services. The same amount was ring-fenced last year but I understand why that money was not fully spent because it takes time to roll out and put in place the structures under which staff can...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: That is ridiculous.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on the amount of work he has put into ensuring this Bill reached us successfully in the House. As soon as I walk into this House, I feel I am no longer a private individual speaking from a private perspective. I am a public representative and my personal feelings on a substantive issue, whatever they may be, are irrelevant in this regard....
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: You are the opposition.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: It reminds me of a former presidential hopeful, Sarah Palin, who said she was an expert on Russian policy because she lives in Alaska. We will compare Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill to Senator Palin from Alaska.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: It is always great to get advice from Solomon on the other side of the House. It is always very worthwhile.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Even when the sun is shining, Sinn Féin is negative.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: The Leader should not bother.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: That is nonsense.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I support the call by Senator Colm Burke and others for a debate on the health service. Senator Ó Domhnaill's remarks about him visiting Cork for two days and becoming an expert on what happens there-----
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: The Senator is long past that.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: By whom?
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Fourteen years.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: It was not worth listening to.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: What Senator MacSharry is saying is equally irrelevant.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: The agony of it.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Does the Senator have a copy of his own party's manifesto? What did Fianna Fáil say about abolishing the Seanad in that manifesto?
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Is this the best Senator MacSharry has to offer?
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: God help us all.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Senator MacSharry should not start that.