Results 721-740 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: I am flattered and a little humbled by Senator Darragh O'Brien's kind words about me.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: It causes me some distress to have to be critical of him, which is uncharacteristic of me. This is the first time since the Senator's Government destroyed the economy that an Irish bank has made a successful return to the money markets outside the guarantee, yet he can find something negative to say about this.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: While it is a minor move, it is encouraging. I agree with him that it is unacceptable that Bank of Ireland continues to treat its customers in the manner it does, but it is probably best that politicians do not take an active part in the day-to-day running of a bank, as Senator O'Brien seemed to suggest. Yesterday, on the Order of Business and during statements on the economy, I called for a...
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister and I am glad the senior Minister has come to the House. It demonstrates the importance of this legislation. The Bill gives expression to the provisions of the treaty the people voted in favour of in the springtime. During the referendum debate, there was great deal of misinformation and some of the arguments were not as we would hope or what we strive towards. We...
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: The evidence is there.
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: It has been.
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: By Sinn Féin.
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: The Senator is wrong on that again.
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: They passed a referendum.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: I support the call by my colleague, Senator John Kelly for an independent inquiry into the death of Fr. Niall Molloy 27 years ago. There has been a great deal of controversy about the circumstances of his death and it is timely that we would institute such an inquiry. I call on all people who may have information in this regard to co-operate fully with it. There is no question that the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: Very satisfactory.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: The Senator should ask his own party-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: I support my colleagues, Senators Crown, MacSharry and Colm Burke, in asking the Leader to invite the Minister here, at his earliest convenience, to discuss the death of Savita Halappanavar in Galway. No issue has generated as much public debate as this in recent years and public confidence must be maintained. While I understand that it is probably not possible for the Minister to appear in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: What about his party's manifesto?
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: What about the Senator's own Members?
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: Any council or committee making public utterances generally does so by means of an agreed position through the chairperson. It would be a recipe for chaos if we identified individual members who might express an individual opinion that is not representative of the Fiscal Council.
- Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: Public utterances.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: There is a serious lack of irony on the other side of the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: That is an abuse of-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)
John Gilroy: On a point of order-----