Results 801-820 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: We have not done anything in respect of education.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Is the Irish Independent the people now?
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: The Cathaoirleach asked whether Senator Leyden was speechless. Government Members are speechless listening to the drivel and nonsense coming out of Fianna Fáil Members.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: I have. Fianna Fáil is the republican party but it should probably be renamed the tabloid party.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: I was but I saw the light in 2001 and I left.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: The populism of Fianna Fáil, which was well articulated by Senator O'Brien, makes me think all its members have turned into 'Ming' with a Dublin accent. Senator Leyden and others betrayed their real feelings about the budget when they said the Labour Party, in particular, will be wiped out at the next election. So be it if we are, because the Labour Party does not put party politics ahead...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: We want to get the country and the economy back on track. The Diarmuid Mac Murchadas of Fianna Fáil invited the IMF to the country. We will not shirk from the difficult decisions that must be made. If it damages the Labour Party and individual careers, so be it. That is the price we will pay. I do not have a question for the Leader but I thought it necessary to make that point. I agree...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: I agree with the Senator about child benefit at the lower level, certainly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: I think we should take a look at the respite grant. Those measures seem to be particularly harsh and if anything can be done, the Labour Party will do it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: That is a remark uncharacteristic of Senator Wilson. It is ungenerous.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Nobody here will be alive when Fianna Fáil is back in government. They will be long dead of old age.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: A miracle.
- Seanad: Credit Union Bill 2012 : Committee Stage (11 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: We support the general thrust of the amendment but it is probably a little premature in light of what the Minister of State said about the lack of a set up and system. The amendment appears to mix up the concepts of shared branching and shared services, so we cannot support it.
- Seanad: Credit Union Bill 2012 : Committee Stage (11 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Amendment No. 8 is consequential to amendment No. 7. Were we to accept amendment No. 7, we would accept amendment No. 8. Were we to reject amendment No. 7, we would automatically reject amendment No. 8. The list of services provided by Senator Reilly is thorough, but probably not exhaustive. To include so specific a list in legislation at this stage would be against the thrust of the Bill,...
- Seanad: Credit Union Bill 2012 : Committee Stage (11 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: In which case, why include it?
- Seanad: Credit Union Bill 2012 : Committee Stage (11 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Could we have more clarification on this amendment? Senator O'Brien makes a fair point.
- Seanad: Credit Union Bill 2012 : Committee Stage (11 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: He will be the Taoiseach then.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Yes, I did.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Could Senator Norris repeat that?
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: I commend Senator Darragh O?Brien and his party leader in the other House on coming up with an innovative solution to our political ills, namely, to abolish the party Whip by exhorting Labour and Fine Gael backbenchers in the Dáil and Seanad to defy their parties by voting against the Whip.