Results 781-800 of 1,253 for speaker:John Crown
- Seanad: Suspension of Standing Orders: Motion (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: I would like to ask for a vote on that.
- Seanad: Suspension of Standing Orders: Motion (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the Leader. Everyone recognises that obesity is clearly the second leading cause, after smoking, of preventable premature death and ill health in this country. It is also a colossal drain on the Exchequer. This subject should be of interest to the Minister, Deputy Coveney. It has been shown that in extreme cases where conservative measures do not work, this...
- Seanad: Suspension of Standing Orders: Motion (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: In view of the extreme gravity and life-threatening nature of this matter, under Standing Order 62(3)(b), I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means. Members need to look into their consciences and ignore the Whips on this.
- Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: I wish to dissociate myself from Senator Barrett’s remark.
- Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: I welcome the Minister. I would like to take up a point Senator Cullinane made about the south east being a world leader. It is. It is a world leader for skin cancer. The south east has the highest incidence of skin cancer in a country where the incidence of skin cancer is rising most alarmingly. The Minister should be interested to know that farmers are at particular risk. The...
- Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: I am sure you were, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I am an inventive chap. It is highly relevant because we are proposing to develop this as an outdoor amenity area. I am sure people who go there will indulge in various outdoor activities. They should be aware that as of this month, June 2014, the entire region in which they live and its entire much-trumpeted hospital group has no dermatologist....
- Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: If the Minister’s much-rumoured change of job occurs I will be glad to brief him on skin cancer.
- Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: No.
- Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: Votáil.
- Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: I shall speak briefly because I want to give one minute to Senator Healy Eames.
- Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)
John Crown: I will yield my time to Senator Healy Eames.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
John Crown: It is appropriate that we also devote some of our parliamentary attention to other weighty matters. I apologise if I sound like a broken record but this is yet another day without a dermatologist in the part of the country with the highest incidence of skin cancer, despite months of advance notice. I hope this issue is being addressed as a matter of extreme urgency. This is the third day...
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
John Crown: Members will understand how one can be troubled in deciding how to vote on this issue.
- Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (17 Jun 2014)
John Crown: Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leis an Aire ar an Bhille. It is great news that the Bill has passed. In addition to the practical implications of protecting young people against the harmful effects of unnecessary ultraviolet radiation, it gives us a great opportunity to hammer home the message that Ireland's gene pool has the highest incidence of malignant melanoma. Irish...
- Seanad: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Second Stage (17 Jun 2014)
John Crown: I welcome the Minister. This is a very good day for him. I laud his efforts in public health and I think he will be remembered for the good work he has done on these two Bills, among other aspects of his good work. Some 5,000 per year is the figure. Let us put a perspective on that. This is a little country of 4.5 million people and we lose 5,000 per year from smoking. We are all aware...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
John Crown: Nigella Lawson, a person who is greatly admired by many Members of these Houses, Kate Moss, the Gallagher brothers, Noel and Liam, and Russell Brand all have something in common. They have all been prevented or impeded from entering the United States because they have either had a prior record or made a public admission of using rather illegal drugs. The American attitude to such behaviour...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
John Crown: Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, our newly elected MEP, is a man who has done a remarkably good job for his constituency and a person for whom I have a lot of admiration, even if I do not always agree with him.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
John Crown: Yes, I do, but I need a little bit of patience in order to get to it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
John Crown: If an Irish person decided tomorrow to openly admit that he or she had sold death-causing addictive drugs in the United States, he or she would be in real trouble when trying to get into the US. I strongly suspect that the FBI would launch subpoenas in American law and have them extradited. Yesterday, it came out in the papers that Thomas Donohue, the head of the United States Chamber of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
John Crown: Will the Leader take a question?