Results 201-220 of 704 for speaker:John Kelly
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: I welcome the Minister of State, for whom I have great respect. I acknowledge that this matter does not fall within his area of expertise and that he is taking it on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality. However, I am disappointed the Minister is not present because he is familiar with the case which has been ongoing for 28 years. It is a serious issue that needs to be resolved,...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: This is all on public record.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: I have not mentioned anybody's name.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: This is all on public record.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: I am trying not to.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: I most certainly am not.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: If I was trying to do so, I would mention names. I am purposely not mentioning them.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirleach. During the trial a senior medical professional was asked if it was possible that Fr. Niall Molloy could have died of a heart attack. When he said "Yes", the judge directed that the jury be dismissed and found the accused not guilty of manslaughter. There have since been damning statements by Circuit Court judges who were critical of the fact that the...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: I do not have questions. I appreciate that the Minister of State is substituting for the Minister for Justice and Equality. Perhaps the reply was written last Friday because The Sunday Times this week clearly stated that the Garda investigation had concluded and no evidence of a cover-up had been found. Today the Molloy family wrote to the Garda Commissioner asking him to remove all of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: Last week I raised the issue of third level grants and SUSI's operations. We established that while 28% of grant applications had been processed and approved, only 5% had been paid. The position has changed slightly since last week's furore, although it remains to be seen whether matters have improved. Students who encounter problems with grant application approvals are sending documents...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: I support calls by my colleagues, Senators Darragh O'Brien and Leyden, on the issue of home help services. We attended a meeting on Monday night last in Roscommon where home helps were reduced to tears trying to explain the bonds that they have created with the elderly with whom they have worked for years, being deprived of hours of home help and how it is affecting the elderly. I appreciate...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: I have a question. We do not have a vote on budgetary matters, but we are aware that it makes no economic sense whatsoever to take such persons out of their homes and put them into hospital. I need to know whether there are economists advising the Ministers making these decisions on budget day. There are other issues. Children who have ADHD are being deprived domiciliary care allowance...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)
John Kelly: Before I raise another important issue, I want to support the call by Senator à Clochartaigh for a full debate on the viability of wind energy. I wish to raise again the brutal murder of Fr. Niall Molloy in 1985. It is an issue that is gathering serious momentum at the moment and quite rightly so after 27 years of inaction. The Minister for Justice and Equality's own party colleagues are...
- Seanad: Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (4 Dec 2012)
John Kelly: I hope to be a good deal briefer than five minutes. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Prior to Senator Quinn speaking on the credit union movement, no Member had expressed any involvement in it. I am pleased to say that I was a founder member of the credit union in Castlerea, County Roscommon, in the late 1980s. I know what is involved in setting up such a body and the hours,...
- Seanad: Statute of Limitations (Amendment) (Home Remediation-Pyrite) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Dec 2012)
John Kelly: I welcome the Minister to the House. I welcome also the members of the pyrite action group. My colleague, Senator Denis Landy summed up the disgraceful handling of this issue. Senator Landy has dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's. We know who is responsible and we know where we need to end up to resolve this issue. I have not spoken on this issue in the House, but I have the...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services (5 Dec 2012)
John Kelly: It has been a long day, politically. I will be glad to see the back of it. I thank the Minister of State for her efforts in ensuring funds have been returned to people who were under threat of losing money from their home care packages. The protection of the home help budget has been a major achievement by our side of the House today. I believe the children of County Roscommon are not...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services (5 Dec 2012)
John Kelly: What can I say to the Minister of State but "Thank you very much"?
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Kelly: We all know that the budget had to include some austerity measures in order that we might get back on some kind of track. Privately, Fianna Fáil colleagues inform me that social welfare needed to be cut. However, they have not indicated the elements of social welfare which they believe should be cut. Privately, they also state that the level of social welfare spending is outrageous. We...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Kelly: Nor have Fianna Fáil's colleagues-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Kelly: Senator Leyden should relax.