Results 561-580 of 1,253 for speaker:John Crown

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

John Crown: I have stated previously that I believe the current Taoiseach is the best we have had over a number of terms, although the competition for that accolade has not always been significant. I do not believe that the Taoiseach was in any corrupt sense involved with the former Anglo Irish Bank at all - I note allegations have been made that somehow he has questions to answer - but he was part of...

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

John Crown: The relationship between the bankers and the politicians was not one of highly amorous serial monogamy in which they dumped Fianna Fáil and then embraced Fine Gael.

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

John Crown: We now know that it is best described as serial polygamy, which is exactly what was happening in the relationship between these groups. There is no valid argument on its own merits for abolishing the Seanad. There is a valid argument for reforming it. The strongest argument is that if we reformed it along the lines of my Bill or my colleagues' Bill, there would be one House in the...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

John Crown: I would like to call a quorum please.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

John Crown: For one moment, I wish it was admissible to take photographs in the Chamber. I appeal to the acting Leader to voluntarily make changes to the Order of Business. Important amendments will not be discussed and I greatly regret that. I do not mean to be disrespectful to those who have contributed at length on issues they feel strongly about but many Members would be happy for the debate to go...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

John Crown: I reassure colleagues who are terribly exercised by the issue of suicidality and evidence-based medicine that we are not legislating guidelines for evidence-based medicine. Such medicine is drawn up by panels of doctors, national steering committees, professional organisations, institutions and faculties within institutions when they have examined the raw data, listened to opinion leaders in...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

John Crown: -----than the woman's 15-year old sister might get for-----

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

John Crown: -----stopping that woman, if she is haemorrhaging to death, making her fearful of her life, so that she will not go into a hospital and seek medical attention. If somebody is really pro-life, they would not want that ever to happen to their daughter, their sister, their wife or anybody they even casually know. This is what our law is going to enshrine because we are not able to discuss...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

John Crown: -----but I believe these are critical issues which will go unaddressed. We are going to end up with a law which will be on our Statute Book forever because no one is ever going to want to tackle this again with a barge-pole. We are going to have a situation which I believe next year, next week, next month or in five years time could lead to some haemorrhaging woman being afraid to get...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

John Crown: On a point of information, I did not advocate legislation for rape. What I am advocating is the amendment of the legislation to reduce the criminal penalty on a woman who-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

John Crown: I welcome an tAire. I preface my question by stating it is regrettable that Deputy Naughten, who had scientific and technical expertise, was removed from this committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

John Crown: I merely state that for the record. I welcome Mr. O'Brien to the ranks of those who have been appointed to an organisation, like Seanad Éireann, whose extinction is planned by its owners. With respect to the question I raised about the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

John Crown: Indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

John Crown: The National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, as the Minister is aware, issued a recommendation on certain cancer drugs as being cost non-effective. The Minister wisely and humanely, following other consultations, overrode that decision and made one drug in particular available. I raise the question that Aviva private health insurance is using the data from the National Centre for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

John Crown: I will make them very welcome. I have said it to their faces.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

John Crown: In reply to my question the Minister stated that these NCPE assessments were in the public domain and, as a result, Aviva had the same right to consult them as anybody else. I was in touch with somebody from Aviva yesterday who told me that it is paying the NCPE for access to the reports. That is a service, which is a legitimate activity for the NCPE to do if it can raise revenues, but...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

John Crown: I welcome the Minister of State. I also welcome the members of the press to the Seanad. I have been reading their work for many years and I often wondered what they look like. I generally compliment the tone of the debate. I note, however, that it has been commented by one of my colleagues that Senator Daly, who deserves huge credit for his initiative and dedication in making this debate...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

John Crown: I still feel a little like a tourist when I am in the corridors of Government and Parliament and I still take an outsider's perspective and have a sense of wonder at some of the opportunities it gives somebody who has a different day job. I had an interesting experience last week. I got to address a meeting held by the London Irish Lawyers Association and the National University of Ireland...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

John Crown: I do not know if he will be sacked but he admitted that it was an absurd figure. The vote for those who might be interested in such things went 75 to nil against abolition. I am sorry that we cannot have the referendum among the Irish diaspora. They were very taken by the point that this was the only forum in which members of the Irish diaspora, who had been forced through circumstances...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

John Crown: Some will comment on the appropriateness or otherwise of Fine Gael - perhaps we should call them Shinne Gael, now that they are working together on the abolition campaign - to comment on anyone's elitism.