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- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
John Gilroy: It brings discredit on this House to score such blatant party points, play on the fears of ordinary decent people living in rural Ireland and then claim to have a monopoly of wisdom. It is dishonest and disgraceful. It is shameful to come into the House and undermine the reasonable level of debate we normally have here. They should be ashamed of themselves.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
John Gilroy: Senator Daly is absolutely wrong. What about development charges, which practically everyone in urban Ireland pays?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
John Gilroy: Senator Daly misunderstands the nature of urban Ireland.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
John Gilroy: It does.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)
John Gilroy: My good friend, Senator Mac Conghail, was despondent about the fact that we are paying the bondholders of Anglo Irish Bank. I share his despondency and I do not think there is a person in Ireland who is not outraged that the country has come to the situation whereby we have to pay bondholders. Unfortunately, however, in other elements of the debate a deep dishonesty is being put forward....
- Seanad: Suicide Prevention: Statements (12 Jan 2012)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State, the group from Clondalkin and Deputy Derek Keating, who is doing tremendous work in this area. As Senators, every day we hear about people dying by suicide - it is sometimes one person but it is sometimes several people. It is very easy to feel helpless in the face of that but it is important that, as policymakers, we do not allow ourselves to be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)
John Gilroy: I wish the Cathaoirleach and everybody else a happy new year. Senator Marie Moloney's contribution in support of the Vita Cortex workers in Cork was very welcome and I add my voice to it. However, I draw the attention of the House to the plight of the Cork-based Bowen construction workers. Some 92 workers have been left without any final payments or redundancy payments because NAMA refused...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: The Order of Business was agreed to this morning. Question put.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: We would be better off hearing more reasoned debate from the likes of Senators van Turnhout and Darragh O'Brien than the petty party political points scoring we have heard. It would be better for the House and everybody involved. All parties in this House and the other agree that the deficit in public finances must be closed and most parties are in agreement on the broad parameters of that...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Anywhere the hand falls within this programme will be seen as unpalatable and sometimes unfair. The Opposition may argue these measures are unfair but we see them as unpalatable. We regret them and hate implementing those measures because they are terrible. They are necessary, none the less, and the Opposition would act similarly in our position. There is no point in being pious. I do not...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
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- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Senator John Crown's idea that the Taoiseach should come to the House is an excellent one which I would support. It would not be reasonable or practicable to have him here today because of time constraints, but we could ask the Leader to arrange to have him come to the House for a debate on the issue on the earliest possible date. I am concerned about his comments on the future of the House...
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. Senator Barrett's Bill is a good one and it is timely also to open up a debate on wider economic strategy. Nobody could be against transparency of action on the part of Government in respect of budgetary decisions. If Senator Barrett achieves anything today, he should be commended on bringing the Bill to the House in the first place. That is...
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: In light of the emerging developments in Europe, we might be a little precipitous in incorporating the Bill into law at this time. Anything we do in this fragile and uncertain economic landscape should have regard for what is happening in the wider arena. Nevertheless, a full discussion of the Bill is a good thing and when the situation becomes clearer, it is vital that we adopt a fiscal...
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Kevin Cardiff would be annoyed with you.
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: All of the time.
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is great to see her. This is a technical Bill to extend for another year the regime that has been in place for the past three years. Health insurance is based on four principles: community rating; open enrolment; lifetime cover; and minimum benefit. The aim is to ensure private health insurance costs no more than it should for those who need...
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Senator Cullinane can have 19 minutes.