Results 401-420 of 1,253 for speaker:John Crown

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

John Crown: I am recording a "No" vote.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

John Crown: Anything which makes the talent pool even shallower for appointing Ministers is to be regretted.

Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Mar 2013)

John Crown: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I speak from the perspective of having worked in the health service. The issue of drugs is deadly simple. The Government should pass a law to make it mandatory to use generic drugs unless there is a specific doctor-ordered exception to the rule, which will arise in virtually no cases. There is a bit of an argument brewing at the moment, which I...

Seanad: Philantrophy and Fund-raising: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

John Crown: I welcome the motion because it is appropriate that attention be brought to bear on this sector. I also welcome the fact that the Government will pay some attention to the not-for-profit and charitable sectors, which are somewhat distinct. I speak with a little authority on this issue and wish to give the House an opportunity to understand how a small idea can grow into something which not...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

John Crown: I request the Leader to consider having a debate on medical and biomedical research, which is a very important sector of the economy. I spoke a little about some aspects of it yesterday. Not only does it increase the standards of science and medicine, and the standards of research, but it also improves clinical outcomes for patients and has positive and beneficial effects for the economy....

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

John Crown: HIQA would like to end that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

John Crown: How does Ireland compare with the number of dentists per head of population internationally? In every medical specialty we are so ludicrously low we are off the scale. What are the UK and continental averages for dentist per head of population?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

John Crown: One will find we are the worst among OECD countries because we are for everything else in medicine. It is all down to successive Governments.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

John Crown: Ba mhaith liom trí noimead a thabhairt don Seanadóir Norris.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

John Crown: I thank the Minister for his continued professional and political attention to the scourge and evils of smoking. I believe he is a committed campaigner toward the goal of making Ireland a tobacco-free society. Like those of us who have been privileged to be members of our profession and other caring health professions, we do tend to get a different perspective on the reality of the evil...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

John Crown: I cannot believe that anybody at a European level would come out with this ruling. I know our Fianna Fáil colleagues have said they will support it. I believe we should make a symbolic rejection of this Bill, not for the positive public health matters, which are encouraging - and we will attempt to amend it to within an inch of its life if it gets to Committee Stage - but to send a...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

John Crown: In that case, I will conclude. Is the Minister personally satisfied with the integrity of the decision making process in the EU on this issue? I can tell him something stinks to the high heavens about this.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

John Crown: On a point of order, I believe the Senator is addicted to nicotine.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

John Crown: It is an addiction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2013)

John Crown: I welcome my fellow professional colleagues here today. Their illustrative, illuminating, educational, informative and humane presentations have gone to the heart of some of the most difficult interactions that doctors have with patients and their families. It is not all that long ago that I used to find myself occasionally having this conversation with relatives. It is one of the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2013)

John Crown: Is it correct that under a regime of presumed consent, the doctors involved would not necessarily go over the firmly expressed opinions of the relatives if they said they would not allow donation? People may think this is a recipe for contention between medical staff and families involved, when it is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2013)

John Crown: Yes.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nessa Childers, MEP (1 May 2013)

John Crown: I welcome Ms Childers, who has been a wonderful ambassador for our country in the European Parliament. I speak as a committed European and, in many ways, as an anti-nationalist with a small "n". I have this theory that, in 50 or 100 years time, people will look on the concept of nationalism in a somewhat similar way to the way they look on the concept of racism now. I do not necessarily...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2013)

John Crown: Can the Senator identify which cigarettes are not dangerous?

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (8 May 2013)

John Crown: I welcome the Commissioner to the House. I am involved in clinical research and I am troubled by the track record and future plans of the European Commission in this field. In 2001, the European clinical trials directive was put in place that was widely seen by those in the field as a disaster. It achieved one goal, and one goal only - harmonisation. I am not a eurosceptic, I am a...