Results 41-60 of 1,094 for speaker:Camillus Glynn

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2003)

Camillus Glynn: I strongly support the comments of Senator Brian Hayes and those of Senator Norris on a previous day in relation to the use of knives and other such implements. In the case of anybody found carrying a knife of a type used in many serious assaults, many of them fatal, a mandatory sentence should be handed down to such an individual. With modern advanced technology, night clubs and disco...

Seanad: Suicide Incidence: Statements. (27 Feb 2003)

Camillus Glynn: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. Ábhar an-tábhachtach é seo. We are told that the most important resource any country has is its people. If that is the case, the loss of any of them for any reason is a tragedy of great magnitude. Of all tragedies that befall families from time to time, none is so great as that of suicide. If a person commits suicide, it has a devastating...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: The Senator should.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: We used to wonder how they got the fig into the fig roll.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: Appropriate action has been taken to address road safety. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to ascertain what can be done to ensure safety on our lakes, canals and rivers. Westmeath is the lakes county and I am not a killjoy. While I love to see sports activities taking place on our lakes, I recognise the problem of speedboat and jet-ski...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: There must be an election.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: I support the remarks of Senator Leyden and others regarding the leaked reports. I also call for a press council to be established. Such a request has been made on many occasions. Some of the local and national newspaper reports on these leaks have no basis in fact, but the corrected versions of events do not enjoy the same status in the newspapers as the incorrect reports that preceded them....

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: I am sure Members on all sides of the House will deplore the fact that the recent interest rate reduction has not been passed on in full to mortgagees. It is a desperate situation which deserves the highest condemnation from all sides of this House and indeed all sections of society, given the fact that this affects young people who must take out very expensive mortgages in order to purchase...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: Following what Senator Quinn said, I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to ensure something is done about safety on our waterways. The actions of some indiscriminate people who have no regard for other water sport enthusiasts on our lakes and rivers are quite disturbing. Many people are turning up at accident and emergency units when they...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: I would welcome an opportunity to debate the drink problem. Alcohol is a socially accepted drug, which makes it all the more dangerous. Accident and emergency consultants from a number of health boards appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children yesterday when they made a number of interesting comments about the abuse of alcohol and how it impacted on the resources...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: We must be fair and balanced. More could be done. There are a few rogues in the industry who should be tackled. When the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform comes to the House for the debate on crime, the increase in the number of stabbings should be discussed. The incidence of stabbings has reached epidemic proportions. The issue was raised in the House previously and I have made a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: I ask the House to support me in expressing concern that mobile phone charges in this country appear to be four times more expensive than in other European countries. We should ask the relevant Minister to come to the House to debate the issue. It is a scandal given that the mobile phone is now an integral part of the way business is done, not just inside and outside this House but also in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Camillus Glynn: I support the call by Senator Brian Hayes for a debate on fostering. The health boards face great difficulties in recruiting social workers. My health board has had to go abroad, to South Africa, to recruit them. Perhaps career guidance teachers might exhort students to consider taking up this worthy profession. I applaud the intentions of prospective foster and adoptive parents who show...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)

Camillus Glynn: And encouraged them.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Apr 2003)

Camillus Glynn: I support the views of Senator Ó Murchú on 16 Moore Street. I call on the members of the relevant local authority to ensure that the bureaucratic approach of this public official will not be brought to bear and result in the demolition of this historic building, where the founding fathers of the State arranged the surrender in order to ensure that no further civilian lives would be lost. I...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Apr 2003)

Camillus Glynn: I wish to refer briefly to the matter raised by Senator Morrissey. We have great civil servants but we do have people who believe that because they are members of what is known as the "permanent government" they can take unto themselves powers they do not have. It is their business to implement policy, not to determine it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Apr 2003)

Camillus Glynn: I most certainly am because a clear line must be drawn between reserve and official functions concerning policy. Some people in officialdom do not know the difference.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Apr 2003)

Camillus Glynn: He is selling a book of poetry.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Apr 2003)

Camillus Glynn: I support the sentiments expressed by Senator Finucane. The first responsibility of these Houses is to the people of this country. We are not attempting to isolate any group of people because they are entering the country, we are trying to protect them and Irish citizens. The time for indulging in this practice has gone. I also wish to raise another public health matter. We are all aware that...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Apr 2003)

Camillus Glynn: Yes. This matter has legal implications, particularly for the people who perpetrate the spiking of drinks, but it also has health implications for the people unfortunate enough to contract this always deadly disease. I call for a debate on the matter as soon as possible.