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Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: Senator Bannon——

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: ——is a member of the party which let phase 2 stand idle for over a year without providing a cent to open it. Whatever about being seen, I would certainly not be heard. The importance of the home help service cannot be over-stressed. It was designed and is working as a measure to ensure that people who want to live in their own homes, that is, the elderly, have an opportunity of doing so....

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: For many people it did.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: Especially for pensioners and the underprivileged. Others talked about what they would do, but we did it.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: We have built Rome, so to speak, we are now building the rest of the Continent.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: That is not correct.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: That is not correct. The Senator does not have a notion of what he is talking about.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I marched to defend my hospital.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I had to give the march some semblance of respectability.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: This is what was paid in 1997.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: Let peace reign in this valley. Much has been said today about rural services, but the attitude of the NRA is not contributing to their sustainability. In a small area not far from Mullingar two local, well established businesses have been denied permission by the NRA to erect signs to indicate the location of their businesses. One is a local shop — the only shop in the parish — and the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: There is a saying that the pen is mightier than the sword. In this case the pen was used as a sword and thrust into the open wound of the grief and tragedy of the Lawlor family. It is journalism of the sewer. When I came into this Chamber in 1997 the former Senator Willie Farrell repeatedly called for a press council. Some weeks ago Senator Mansergh and I talked about a story in a sister...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: I wish to express my horror and revulsion at what is disclosed in this report. I have not had time to read it in full, but it makes horrendous reading. I agree with the comments of Senators Norris and Walsh about all the good priests, brothers and nuns who do a tremendous job. This is an opportunity to separate the wheat from the chaff. The report brings into focus the vulnerability of...

Seanad: Suicide Prevention Strategy: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: Suicide is a subject that until recently people did not like to confront. Society in general was in a state of denial, believing that if we ignored the subject it would go away. It has not gone away and is as large as life. Unfortunately in these circumstances "life" is the operative word, as it is snuffed out by a wilful action. At long last, however, society recognises we have a serious...

Seanad: Suicide Prevention Strategy: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: We should get real. Community services have a pivotal role to play in suicide prevention. In the mid-1980s the report, The Psychiatric Services — Planning for the Future, was launched. That report needs to be reviewed urgently. Much was made of community services, which are a better service but far more expensive. We should not fool ourselves. Mr. P.J. Fitzpatrick, who was programme manager...

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: It did for some.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Camillus Glynn: So has that of a Senator. The old age pension has also doubled.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Camillus Glynn: At about this time last year, I referred to certain instances pertaining to the use of fireworks. I am not a killjoy but there is more need now than ever to enforce the law. I am not calling for new legislation but the existing legislation should be enforced. There is a strong case to be made for local authorities to organise firework displays in their administrative areas. In that way the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Camillus Glynn: What did Fine Gael do about the Sligo line when it was in power apart from——

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)

Camillus Glynn: On the matter referred to by Senators Quinn and Leyden, the introduction of regional health fora should be done sooner rather than later. Some months ago, I received a letter stating this would take place in the near future. Nothing has happened. Regarding recent events in certain nursing homes and public institutions, the visiting committees of former health boards was an important watchdog....