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Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: No. We will deal with facts here as opposed to supposition. The statistics indicate that people living in the greater Dublin area are more likely to be victims of burglary while the Border counties and the south west have the lowest rate of break-ins.

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: These are the official statistics, as reported by the Garda.

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: We can make up statistics. The Senator is entitled to his opinion but he is not entitled to make up facts. I am quoting the actual facts.

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: Giving the impression that crime is on the rise, although the opposite is the case, terrifies people who need not be terrified. The Garda and policing patterns are changing. Senator Ó Clochartaigh said people do not enjoy the same policing patterns that their grandparents enjoyed. I am glad they do not because society has moved on enormously in the past 50 years.

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: What is occurring is an undermining of public confidence in the Garda, which I believe is doing a great job, bearing in mind that would all like to see more gardaí on the street. Let us consider the crime of burglary, for example. Is it the garda on the beat or in the rural Garda station who solves and prevents burglaries? It is not. Up to June of last year, there was an increase, of up...

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: The statistics show that people living in the greater Dublin area are more likely to be victims of burglary, while the Border counties and south west have the lowest rate. One cannot make up one's own statistics, including on Galway. The statistics do not bear out the Senator's argument. It is in the Dublin area, as opposed to rural areas, that crimes are more likely to be carried out. To...

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: There is warm support for it.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Gay Mitchell, MEP (24 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: I welcome Mr. Mitchell. In his address, he referred to the notion of sovereignty and how it is his opinion that ascension to the EU has strengthened and achieved a real level of sovereignty. It is an opinion I share. Each succeeding treaty we passed has strengthened that level of sovereignty. Sovereignty is about much more than the ability to say "No". It is about partnership and making...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: Sermons on corruption from Fianna Fáil. That is a good one.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: I call on the Leader to arrange for the Minister for Finance to come into the House to give a brief description and clarification of what is happening with regard to the impending deadline for the payment of the promissory notes. It is important that the negotiators are allowed as much autonomy and freedom as possible to negotiate but it is also important that, as a democracy, this and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: Of course, but it seemed that there was a certain glee in that spokesperson's voice that things were not going perhaps as good as-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: It is not fair.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: I support my colleague, Senator O'Neill, in his comments asking Senator MacSharry to withdraw his rather inappropriate remarks. It invites a level of ridicule when we hear Fianna Fáil speaking of corruption given that it did not have a leader among its last four who did not leave without a cloud over his head.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: No, one could not have that.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State back to the Chamber. I point out to Senator Mooney that the Minister of State responded privately to me and said that socialists always have whiter teeth.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: The motion tabled by Senator Norris on the subject of the fluoridation of public drinking water is an interesting one. Up to several days ago it was not something that disturbed my sleep, as I did not know very much about it. In the past week since it came to my attention through the motion, I have done a great deal of reading on it and find it fascinating, which probably says more about...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: The purported health risk inherent in fluoridation gives rise to public concern. In seconding the Government amendment to the motion, it is important to state clearly that it is the opinion of the Government and our health advisers that there is no health risk involved in the fluoridation of the public drinking water. For us to agree to a review would certainly undermine public confidence...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: One minute already.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: They do not fluoridate water in Norway. The reasons for this are that there is no requirement to do so because the dietary sugar intake is very small and its public dental service is very good compared to Ireland. Our own dental service is perhaps not as developed as it should be and the dietary intake of sugar is at a greater elevated level than one would find in other countries. There are...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

John Gilroy: This is the report.