Results 581-600 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: If qualified to do so.
- Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: On a point of order, in the context of the Senator's remarks, speeches are drafted by civil servants and checked by relevant experts. Others, as well as the director of the national cancer control programme, approved the speech.
- Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: It is a very important point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: It was poorly drafted.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Nonsense.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: It was never suggested that she had.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: I will resist the temptation to comment on the uncharacteristic petulance of Senator Darragh O'Brien- - - - -
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: ---in relation to the debate last night, which I will not go over again. There are more important things than offending the sensibilities of the gentle souls on the Fianna Fail benches.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: If legislation is badly drafted and is found not to be acceptable- - - - This is the temptation to comment on it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: ---by the Government, I think petulance should not be the response.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Those who draft legislation should take extra care to ensure the next time that legislation is brought before the House---
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: This is not a rehash of last night's debate, it is just a general comment about legislation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: The next time that legislation is drafted, those doing so should take extra care when doing so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Yes, I have said that there are more important things than the sensitivities of Fianna Fáil. I want to support Senator Clune's call for joined-up thinking and a strategic response to the flooding in County Cork. I know that in Glanmire there are over 50 homes which are very badly damaged, so that they are temporarily uninhabitable and residents have had to move out of their homes....
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: When?
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Throw him out.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Well done to Senator Zappone.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Yesterday, the time allocated for the Order of Business expired before I had an opportunity to contribute. With your permission, a Chathaoirligh, I will return to a topic that Senator Whelan and others have raised, which is this country's policy on alcohol. I support the proposals by the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, to address the unhealthy relationship we have with alcohol. Senator...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: The Senator is against job creation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Sinn Féin is having a great recession.