Results 181-200 of 1,094 for speaker:Camillus Glynn

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 May 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I call on the Deputy Leader to arrange a debate on animal welfare as soon as possible. Recent media reports on the operation of puppy farms has caused justified revulsion among all right-thinking people and legislation is necessary to address this very serious matter. The people involved in this practice are in it for gain. As a dog owner with a strong affection for the animal, I believe what...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 May 2004)

Camillus Glynn: That is true.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I support Senator Browne's remarks on the electoral register. The current situation regarding the compilation of the register is totally inefficient. The people concerned are doing their best but it is not working in the urban areas in particular. Auctioneers and estate agents could be of great assistance in notifying local authorities of changes in regard to properties they let. The manner...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (27 May 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Contesting the section represents a degree of hypocrisy by the Fine Gael Party. Over the past number of years, no structure was disparaged by its members to a greater extent than the health board system. As a long-time member of a health board, I bemoan the fact that the previous structures are passing. The health boards did a fine job in one way and another. I am not particularly amenable to...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (27 May 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I fought a hard battle with the Minister about whether there should be a democratic input, along with the Association of Health Boards in Ireland, which I commend on its hands-on approach to this matter. Regardless of whether people like it, when the announcement was made there was very little noise from the other side. I accept there is great concern among locally elected members about this...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (27 May 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The Association of Health Boards, which met representatives of Fianna Fáil and other parties, received very strong support from within the Fianna Fáil Party. The Minister has rowed back somewhat from the original proposal, which I welcome. I made it clear to all concerned that locally elected members — I said this at a meeting of the Midland Health Board last June when I was interviewed...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (27 May 2004)

Camillus Glynn: It is proposed to take Report and Final Stages at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 2 June 2004. Report Stage ordered for Wednesday, 2 June 2004.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I support the remarks made by Senator Finucane on the clinic in Killaloe. I was contacted recently by the widow of one of those who died, who related some disturbing facts to me. Whoever said that there are people in jail for less, there is no doubt about it being true in the case of these two doctors who, although they have been struck off the medical register, were practising alternative...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I thank the Minister of State——

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I thank the Minister of State and his Department for their input to the Bill. I thank also Members on the other side for their input. I trust the Bill, when enacted, will be fruitful. I take on board and acknowledge the remarks of Senator Henry and the remarks on the previous day of Senator Feighan. We are all interested in seeing the democratic balance included in the Bill and in the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: On a number of occasions on the Order of Business and also as a matter on the Adjournment I have raised the curtailment of jet skis and skiboats. Will the Leader, and my colleague, Senator MacSharry, the Government spokesperson on this area in the Seanad, ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Dermot Ahern, when amending legislation will be coming before the...

Seanad: Maritime Safety Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Maritime Safety Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Cowpersons.

Seanad: Maritime Safety Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Tá fáilte roimh an tAire Stáit go dtí an Teach. I welcome this Bill, in which I have long been interested. I have raised it on the Order on Business on a number of occasions and I also raised it on the Adjournment to which the Minister of State responded. I thank him for giving the time to meet two deputations, which I brought here to talk to him about the measure before us. It is a...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Seanad Éireann (1) notes the extensive additional resources, both capital and revenue, which have been allocated to the health services since 1997; (2) commends the Government on the substantial capital investment of €1.7 billion in health infrastructure between 2000 and 2003; (3) acknowledges the...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I will not be put off by the carping of Members on the other side. Fianna Fáil's goal is to ensure a world class health service for every patient. We define "world class" in terms of internationally determined best standards of care to be delivered within the specific times available on an equitable basis.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Since coming into office, the largest ever expansion in health funding has been accompanied by unprecedented work on planning comprehensively for the future. Each day tens of thousands of people use the health service and receive the highest quality care. A survey carried out in 2002 by the Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Health Care tested the attitudes of 1,800 patients who had been...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: We know what Members opposite did when they had the opportunity. The health system has had enough people pretending there is a magic remedy which will cure all our ills. People voted for Fianna Fáil because they promised and will deliver sustained action on these services. Fianna Fáil is committed to a programme of investment and reform involving all elements of the system. The health...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: In the 1990s, the Labour Party and Fine Gael, the members of the dynamic duo now offering themselves as the saviours of the health services, held the portfolios of finance and health. The Opposition parties were in prime position to drive the agenda of investment and reform in our health services. However, they failed abjectly on both counts. I remind Senators on the opposite side of the...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: That is the record of the caring alternative. What was the reaction of the rainbow Government to this state of affairs? In January 1997, in the face of a 27% rise in waiting lists, they cut funding by 20%. I would not call that a coalition of the caring but of the uncaring. I know that Senators will argue they did not have the benefit of the boom generated by the policies of the Government. I...