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Seanad: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (3 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: I welcome the Minister to the House. As a smoker, come vapour-come smoker, and now I do a bit of both vaping and smoking, I support almost everything in the Bill. I applaud him for taking on big business. There are other big businesses, right across the divide, that Governments should challenge as well. I agree with Senator Mooney that even if one life is saved, the Minister will have...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: In regard to Senator Leyden's outburst performance, which is what it was, it was nothing more than a performance in this House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: -----where he comes in gives us a load of bluster and he is gone within seconds, and he goes out of the Chamber with a smile on his face.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: I am only sorry he is not here.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: In regard to the issue of plain packaging cigars, I was the only dissenting voice in this House yesterday with the Minister, Deputy Reilly.Senator Leyden was not even here when the debate took place.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: He probably was in Buswells or somewhere else-----

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: -----but he comes in today to look at this passed.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: For the benefit of the House, Senator Mooney might tell Senator Leyden that I raised the issue here in the House yesterday with the Minister and I was the only dissenting voice.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: Since I was elected, I have been finding it difficult to figure out the rationale of decision makers in this country. In Dublin, we have the second best fire and ambulance service in the world. It is second behind Seattle. Now we have a city manager who wants to disassemble it. We have an inadequate ambulance service in this country, purely because of a lack of resources, not because of...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: I wish to raise the issue of double standards in the House. If a Member is absent from the House, can I not mention his name?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: I refer to Senator Leyden's absence yesterday. In that case, am I not allowed to mention his name?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: That is interesting. Yesterday, when I was absent from the House, Senator Leyden came in and mentioned my name. When I came in here to refute what he said-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: -----I was ruled out of order. Again this morning, Senator Leyden came in here, in my absence, and raised my name. I ask the Acting Chairman to explain the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: My query is about standards in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: Senator Leyden has a habit of coming in here to make his speech and then running out the door. Perhaps he is auditioning for a television drama.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: I have a right to get clarity on this issue for the future, because every time I am absent Senator Leyden mentions my name and every time I mention his name I am ruled out of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: I still have not got clarity from the House as to what happens in the future should Senator Leyden mention my name again.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: Maybe I am being unfair on the Acting Chairman, because it was the Cathaoirleach who was in the Chair when all of this happened. I will raise the matter with him on another day.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: Senator Leyden raised the closure of CWO offices in Keadue, Ballinlough and Rooskey. It is regrettable. I do not believe the way forward is to close satellite clinics or community welfare offices. We have received categoric assurances from the Department of Social Protection and the Minister that where somebody feels discommoded and cannot travel to a clinic, the community welfare officer...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: Last week Senator John Whelan referred to the plight of prison officers and the difficulties they were experiencing with the Irish Prison Service. The Irish Prison Service is proposing to rationalise and make working conditions more unsafe for prison officers. A planned ballot is to be held tomorrow. Since Senator John Whelan raised the issue last week, three more prison officers were...