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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

John Crown: Second, if he is removed, it will be in the crass realm of political stunts. We have witnessed several other examples in recent times. People who supported the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Gilmore, to go into a coalition with a conservative party then criticised and ousted him for having conservative policies at a time many conservative parties could have...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

John Crown: The same is happening with respect to the Minister for Health. Everybody knew when he took up office, he had been dealt the worst set of economic cards possible by the outgoing Administration and at a time he was under the thumb of international financial spigot turners who made sure no money was available for anything, he had his own Cabinet colleagues beating him to death to cut back and...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

John Crown: Will the Leader pass on my best wishes to the Minister? He is the only one of the past four Ministers for Health who attempted to reform the system. He has made a few awful blunders during his tenure but it is incredibly unfair that he is being held responsible for what is essentially a party political problem.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

John Crown: On a point of order, I second the request made by Senator MacSharry. I have no political dog in this fight but everyone knows what is going on here.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

John Crown: On a point of order, it has been brought to my attention that the only other occasion on which proposals from the Committee of Selection were challenged in the Seanad was when the Labour Party opposed former Senator Joe O'Toole's nomination to the Commission of the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Seanad stood by the committee's decision on that occasion. It should also be noted that Labour...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Overseas Development Aid (10 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I welcome the Minister of State and wish him well in his various undertakings at present. I have had representations made to me by concerned citizens who are interested in our development aid programme and who asked that I highlight the issue of the attitude of the statutory Irish developed authorities towards efforts at population control. Access to birth control is critical to managing...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Overseas Development Aid (10 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I thank the Minister of State. I acknowledge in particular Mr. Cartan Finegan, who has been an activist and advocate on behalf of the inclusion of population policy in our foreign aid. He was the source of many of the documents I have used in this debate. When we get into the specifics of our aid programmes with our bilateral partners in recipient countries I urge that we ensure an...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I commend Senators MacSharry and Cullinane for proposing this amendment, which I will be supporting. There were 400 newly diagnosed cases of malignant melanoma in Ireland in 1998. That number had increased dramatically to 800 by 2008 and to 1,100 by 2010. Other kinds of skin cancer which are less life-threatening, but are still life-threatening and can certainly be disfiguring, and the...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: On a point of information, I have suggested that we should implement a ban by 2030 on all commerce in addictive carcinogenic compounds like tobacco.

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: The sugar analogy is inaccurate because we all need sugar or a certain carbohydrate intake to live.

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: People who have problems with sugar metabolism must have it regulated and delivered in a particular fashion. Nobody needs cigarettes or a sunbed to live. People use these products not for the sake of their health or because they are a necessity but recreationally or - certainly in the case of cigarettes and possibly in the case of tanning beds - due to a degree of psychological addiction....

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: It is relevant to the amendment. I heard the details of it today while discussing melanoma and sunbeds with some other experts and I am beside myself with anger. Recently I met the latest spin doctor appointed by HIQA. While we are not hiring doctors to treat a cancer which has tripled in incidence in this country in 13 years, the health service is spending money on spin doctors for the...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: It is as if when the Titanicwas sinking somebody said the White Star Line did not need more lifeboats but to hire better press representatives for its lifeboat inspectors.

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I will now be drawing up the rollercoasters regulation Bill.

Seanad: Request to move Adjournment of Seanad under Standing Order 30 (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I am sorry to interrupt the Minister. I call for an urgent debate, on something which I believe is a national emergency. I am proposing the suspension of the House to allow for the following matter to be debated, namely, the notification which St. Vincent's Hospital received this week that one of only two centres in the country performing urgent weight loss surgery, the centre which has a...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: Standing Order 159 states: "(1) Any Standing Order or Orders of the Seanad may be suspended for the day’s sitting, and for a particular purpose, upon motion made after notice". I believe this issue should now be considered as a Standing Order 159 matter.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: It is the same motion that the Cathaoirleach received earlier.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: My understanding was that in the event of the adjudication on Standing Order 30 being made adversely, I could immediately ask for it to be heard under Standing Order 159.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I accede to that request.

Seanad: Suspension of Standing Orders: Motion (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I move: "That Standing Orders for today's sitting be suspended." I apologise to the Minister again for the interruption. I welcome the Leader of the House, Senator Maurice Cummins, back to the Chamber. I would like to propose the suspension of Standing Orders under Standing Order 159 in order that we can deal with an urgent matter that has arisen, namely, the issuing of a directive that...