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Seanad: NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: You are the Opposition.

Seanad: Decade of Commemorations: Statements (Resumed) (7 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. We have a great opportunity as we approach the series of anniversaries of the events which led to the foundation of the State and, more important, the formation of the consciousness of the State. It is important we appreciate the historical and personal complexities which steered these events and marked them out as a series of defining moments in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: I note Senator Daly's comments on the pardon announced by the Government for 5,000 brave Irishmen who did what they felt was right. The Senator's comments were a little ungracious and ungenerous. It is correct that the Government would acknowledge the wrong that was done to these men. A pardon was appropriate and should have been given years ago instead of yesterday. I welcome it.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: Senator Daly's subsequent comments have proved the point of his ungracious position in this regard.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: Perhaps I could remind Senator Daly that a former leader of his party went to the German embassy and shook hands with the greatest tyrant of the 20th century,-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: -----or the representative, the ambassador.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: I only want to welcome the Government's timely move yesterday in announcing a pardon for these brave men.

Seanad: Business Undertakings (Disclosure of Overpayments) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: The Minister is very welcome to the Chamber. Senator Mullen's Bill is a most interesting one to which I have given a great deal of consideration. In his opening remarks the Minister outlined the necessity to demonstrate that the new legal architecture is necessary. The Bill fails to do so in terms of necessity and also in terms of proportionality. The relationship between a supplier of...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: That is not correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: I found frustrating during the past couple of months having to listen to elected Members of the Seanad and Dáil call on people not to uphold the law of the land.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: This has happened time and again, including in regard to the septic tank charge and payment of taxes. Some Members have exhorted their supporters not to pay the household charge. Sinn Féin has again in this House this morning misrepresented in a rather scurrilous manner the position of the Minister with regard to turf cutting.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: If Sinn Féin would research the position of the Minister rather than take its political lead from people such as Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan it would be better informed.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: A Member of the Dáil appeared to be indicating out on Clonmoylan bog this morning that gardaí are responsible for criminal damage, from which Sinn Féin has taken its lead----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: That is extraordinarily frustrating. However, it leads to me another point I wish to make this morning which again relates to Sinn Féin. I would like to know once and for all if Sinn Féin recognises legitimacy in this State. One look at its website-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: I have taken at look at Sinn Féin's website. There is not one single reference to the Republic of Ireland as a country. The only country to which it refers is one called the 26 Counties.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: For all my criticism of Sinn Féin, there is one voice of reason among them, namely Senator Reilly, whose call for a full debate on the serious problem of youth employment I support. As stated by Senator Reilly, youth employment here stands at 30%. The figure for Greece is 50%, a road we do not want to go down.

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State. The recent referendum campaign offered us a good opportunity to have a robust debate about the ESM and, at times, it seemed the treaty we were debating was the ESM treaty as opposed to the fiscal stability treaty. We should not rehash what was said at that time but it is sufficient and important to note there was much misinformation circulated. I hope the...

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: An awful thought.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

John Gilroy: True.