Results 601-620 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Did Sinn Féin welcome the package?
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: The Senator is after the Minister of State and me.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. I have given this Private Members' motion a great deal of thought. It is fair to try to discern the intentions of the Senator in the motion and I welcome the opportunity to do just that. Having carefully examined the motion, I find that, in principle, there is nothing in it with which I cannot agree. However, we are constrained to consider...
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Robust.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: It might put off some.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: That is right.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Quality, not quantity.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: That is for the Acting Chairman to decide.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: It was about the motion.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Yes.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: For the time being.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: On a point of order, by the same argument if we apply his logic then Senator Norris would be required to produce all of the experts. If I have to produce one then he must produce them all using the same logic.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: Did the Labour Party not facilitate the Senator?
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: This is not true. That is ungracious of the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: He was a man who never made decisions. He was the man who destroyed the health service.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: On a point of order, please. While I do not wish to tell the Cathaoirleach how to do his job, Senator Leyden's outrageous behaviour, in naming people and attributing the awful tragedy of this death to the Government is absolutely ---
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: It is outrageous. He should retract his comments immediately.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: I welcome our honeymoon friends, Liz and Casey, to the Chamber. Their presence set me thinking that the next time I want to sweep Mrs. Gilroy off her feet I might whisk her up here to the Visitors' Gallery so she can hear the romantic tones that often emanate from the Chamber. I support Senator Eamonn Coghlan's call for an invitation to be extended to the Irish Olympians to come to the House...
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the House. At the outset of Senator Burke's contribution, he made reference to the Private Members' Bill on access to cancer treatment which came before the House recently. I would also like to make reference to it because it was a good example of how we can find policy in one area is not only inconsistent with policy in another but contradictory to it. It behoves...
- Seanad: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)
John Gilroy: I understand but my examples give an impression.