Results 601-620 of 1,253 for speaker:John Crown
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (24 Oct 2013)
John Crown: What is the number of palliative care consultants in Ireland, in terms of a league table, by international standards?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (24 Oct 2013)
John Crown: For most medical specialties we tend to work at about 80% of the UK level, and it is interesting to see the same applies in this case. The UK tends to be at approximately one-fifth of the continental European level and one tenth of the North American level. When Dr. Creedon said our ratio was comparable to that in other centres my impulse was to say it would be a first for Ireland if that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (24 Oct 2013)
John Crown: About a year and a half ago, the committee committed to undertaking a widespread consultation process with the staff of Leinster House on the issue of transforming the campus into a smoke free campus. Will the Chair give us a report soon on the status of that consultation process, because we said we would revisit the issue after that consultation?
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)
John Crown: I welcome the Aire to the House. What could be a more difficult job to be given than that of Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Health during a recession and at a time when the demands for the services increase, especially in the case of the Department of Social Protection, for all the understandable reasons, while at the same time the tax base which has to support it goes down?...
- Seanad: Science Week: Statements (12 Nov 2013)
John Crown: I am delighted we have the opportunity to discuss science policy. It is not widely appreciated that the brief of the Minister of State is the most important in the Government. It is unlikely that the future of our species will be determined by real estate prices or paying bondholders but there is no doubt that this century we could cease to exist if we do not get the right answers to a...
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (13 Nov 2013)
John Crown: It is good to see the Minister again, and I thank him for providing me with some of my better lines during the Seanad referendum campaign.
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (13 Nov 2013)
John Crown: I am grateful for the Minister's honesty.
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (13 Nov 2013)
John Crown: I appreciate the fact that the Minister gave me explicit permission to do so. I am very supportive of the Bill in its broad thrust and I am also supportive of the idea of reducing parliamentary expenses, with everything vouched for. I can think of no reason that would not be good public policy. It is impossible to comment on these issues without considering the broader context of the...
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (13 Nov 2013)
John Crown: I have not joined the Reform Alliance but I wish the group well. It is right for its members to highlight this aspect of the Bill, which is absurd. The amendment should be accepted in good faith and as a token of goodwill towards the reform process. I do not believe the Minister will ever follow my suggestion that we cease to fund parties in their entirety but it would be a gesture of...
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (13 Nov 2013)
John Crown: On a point of information, these are official figures.
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (13 Nov 2013)
John Crown: I have not inflated them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)
John Crown: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
John Crown: A probably apocryphal story is told about a country which had been decolonised following a long association with the UK and decided as a symbol of its independence that it would move from having all the traffic driving on the left British-style to driving on the right as happens in most other countries in the world. Having had a high-level bureaucratic and civil service analysis of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
John Crown: I have time now, if the Leader would like me to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)
John Crown: I welcome the witnesses. It was very interesting for me, as a doctor, to hear the presentation. I feel I have had a CME exercise in infectious disease today. I wish to focus on specific medical issues which are troubling me greatly. If I understand what has been said correctly, the consensus of four members of the panel is that the ELISA blood test to diagnose Lyme disease does not work....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)
John Crown: Does Dr. Healy believe there is an entity of ELISA negative Lyme disease?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)
John Crown: What are you?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)
John Crown: May I ask what that agent is?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)
John Crown: I am appalled that people have to spend this much money on their health - €200,000. Where has that money gone?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)
John Crown: Can Ms Davala spell out the name of the formula for me?