Results 341-360 of 1,094 for speaker:Camillus Glynn

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I have more authority in this respect than the Senator.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: Senator Browne is talking nonsense. He has not read this report or interpreted it correctly.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: There is a clear effort being made by some of those on the other side of the House to demonise Deputy Martin. By quoting from a particular page it has been inferred that this issue was dealt with in an outer office. As a long-standing member of a local authority, a chairman of two authorities on two occasions and, to a lesser extent, a Member of this House, I can state that this is not the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I agree with the Minister that it is very difficult. As the old saying goes, exceptions make bad laws. The central point is that whatever resources are available for the elderly should be devolved to that care area and utilised to the optimum effect and that those who benefit from the resources should be the right people to do so. I have worked in this area and I stand over that. There are...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: The Senator is right to do so.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: The proposal to introduce doctor-only medical cards is a very welcome measure. I am glad the Labour Party is supporting Fianna Fáil policy relating to people over 70. Middle income earners are pretty much liable for everything and entitled to nothing. Too often in our clinics we meet people with young families and big mortgages who are in excess of the guidelines. These people will be helped...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I quoted what the Senator said.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I agree with Senator Henry that the dispensary scheme system often did nothing to compliment human dignity. Both she and the Minister will agree there is a growing difficulty for people to get on a general practitioner panel in certain urban and rural areas because of a shortage of GPs. We should let the message go out to the many good young men and women who may go into the medical field...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: Now.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I thank the Minister of State and Members for their contributions to the debate, which was worthwhile. The debate brings to mind the value of both Houses and the Presidency because legislation was considered and sifted. It highlighted the worth of our institutions of State. Even with the best will in the world in both Houses, a hiatus can occur from time to time. I strongly support the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: It was not the first time and it will not be the last.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Motion for Earlier Signature. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Health (Amendment) Bill 2005 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Motion for Earlier Signature. (10 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 22 March 2005.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Camillus Glynn: Several building sites have recently been closed down for health and safety reasons. There is also evidence that some people acting as health and safety officers are not suitably qualified, the implications of which are a matter of serious concern to those who are qualified. I strongly support Senator Leyden's call for a rolling debate on health service issues. I have called several times for...

Seanad: Expressions of Sympathy on the Death of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II: Motion. (12 Apr 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I am greatly privileged to have lived during the lifetime of a great Pope and great Christian such as Pope John Paul II. I recall 1979, not long after the local elections in which I was successful, going with my wife and eldest daughter, then aged four, to see the Pope at Knock. My daughter remembers that with great pride and, despite her age at the time, can recall the sense of motivation to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Apr 2005)

Camillus Glynn: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, to the House to discuss rural development, particularly with regard to how it correlates with planning guidelines? As a rural person like myself, the Leader is aware that many schools, post offices and such services have closed in rural areas because of depopulation and planning difficulties....

Seanad: Rights of Migrant Workers: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I wish to share my time with Senator Hanafin.

Seanad: Rights of Migrant Workers: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I would be delighted if this debate was unnecessary. However, as it is necessary, I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on it. As a person who was an emigrant and who worked across the water I can speak from practical experience and say that I did not share the fate of the Gama workers or their recent experience. Whether we speak to employers of the Gama workers or others, there can...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I support the remarks of Senator Brian Hayes and others on this issue. I am delighted to hear this particular item is on the agenda. When we have that debate, which hopefully will take place soon, it would be opportune to exhort the Minister to bring forward regulations which will make it mandatory for restaurant owners and other food outlets to provide an itemised bill. Currently, there is...

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (21 Apr 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to the House and am grateful for the opportunity to engage in this debate. As the Tánaiste said, the situation in our accident and emergency units is unacceptable. It is important at the outset to consider the meaning of those two words, "accident" and "emergency". Those seeking treatment after an accident are...