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Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: A minority-----

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: I suggest the Senator has not read it.

Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. It is good to see that we are at last beginning to turn the corner, as indicated by the good news outlined in the Minister's speech. I propose to focus on an issue which is somewhat under the radar but nevertheless important. Before doing so, I take the opportunity to register my bemusement at Senator O'Brien claiming credit for recapitalising the...

Seanad: Investment in Science, Technology and Innovation: Statements (11 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: At the end.

Seanad: Investment in Science, Technology and Innovation: Statements (11 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. It is a very significant move on the part of the Government to appoint a Minister of State with responsibility for this area and I can think of no better qualified person. We hear a great deal of talk about the smart economy and innovation and this sector has a significant role to play in our economic recovery. This matter has come up...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: I have two questions for the Leader, one of which is specific and the other general. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General again draws our attention to the confusion that is the fair deal nursing home support scheme, which scheme is vital for a great number of our older people and their families. Perhaps the Leader could ascertain from the Minister how the National Treatment...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: Who are they?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: That would be the Fianna Fáil Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: It may have slipped the Leader's mind but I suggested we bring the Comptroller and Auditor General into the Chamber every year for a discussion.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: I detect a certain level of excitability on the Fianna Fáil benches. Perhaps they might benefit from being led by the Chair in some deep breathing exercises before the Order of Business. I would like to ask the Leader a serious question which perhaps he might raise with the Minister for Health. I understand the competing demands on the Minister's time and our scarce health care...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: It was unconstitutional.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: They decided six months ago.

Seanad: Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome this addition to the armoury of our regulatory authority. I will resist the temptation to point a finger of blame but it is recognised that when the financial crisis started the number of mechanisms available to deal with it were inadequate, crude and blunt in their application, be they bailout, examinership or nationalisation, or...

Seanad: Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: Unlike Sinn Féin, which supported it.

Seanad: Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: The implication of what the Minister of State is saying is that the Minister will step out when the fund is permanently established. I see no explicit reference to that in the Bill.

Seanad: Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: I will reserve my comments for later, but will the special manager's salary be subject to the salary cap in banking services?

Seanad: Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: Not in a normal credit union. What of the larger, more complex institutions?

Seanad: Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Oct 2011)

John Gilroy: The section states that "The Bank may, after consultation with the Minister, issue a code of practice ...". While that is a good thing I notice that the equivalent Act in the UK, which is self-proclaimed to be ahead of international best practice, does not have a role for the Minister in any of this. The reporting takes place between the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority....