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Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2014)

John Crown: I welcome the Minister. I am very proud that he, as a representative of my profession, is in this high office and I have no doubt that he will bring his well documented and considerable organisational, intellectual and analytical skills to bear on the broad array of problems he faces. I am very taken by the fact that at the outset of the debate six Members of Parliament are present in the...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2014)

John Crown: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

John Crown: I pay tribute to two extra-parliamentary political figures who have done the right thing in the past two days. Mr. Dale McDermott from Young Fine Gael correctly pointed to the incongruence between the Fine Gael Party's pre-election commitment to political reform which was partially responsible for the party receiving my humble endorsement in the previous general election and the actions of...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

John Crown: I fail to see how it could be out of order to pay tribute to someone. We have paid tribute to all manner of people, from farmers to GAA players to local advocates, throughout the three and a half years I have been a Senator and none of these tributes has ever been ruled out of order. The only thing that appears to be out of order is that it is probably creates an odour for the leadership of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister of Health come to the House today to deal with an urgent problem. It was urgent when the Members of this and the other House were elected three years ago and the issue remains unresolved, unmitigated, unpalliated and just as urgent as it was then. It concerns the scandalous state of waiting lists for public patients. I will...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I understand the Minister for Health will be coming to the House in the coming weeks to address insurance, future strategic plans and waiting lists. I ask that he also brief the House on the state of hopefully unnecessary emergency plans for Ebola in the event that there are additional cases.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I wish to verify that I am proposing an amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I second Senator Mullen's very intelligent and perceptive amendment. I will speak in defence of seconding it. For people of my generation - those who thankfully grew up at a physical distance of 100 miles from but still very much politically in the shadow of the Northern Ireland conflict - those folks who espoused reconciliation and compromise are unsung heroes who were the true...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I thank the witnesses for their testimonies. While I am not primarily a rugby fan, over recent years, I have been impressed by the obvious attention the sports organisations, especially rugby, have paid to the safety of players. Apart from motor sports, I guess rugby and equestrian sports were historically the two leading causes of seriously neurologically damaging sports injuries in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: The technique and skill of boxing should be rewarded, not the effect it has on the recipient of the blow. Is Dr. McKeever happy that the game at an international level is putting sufficient effort into having zero tolerance for injuries in the sport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I know. Most games are won on points and it is very technical and there is electronic scoring. However, is a person is knocked out, he or she loses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: That is the point I am making. Boxing is won on points, like politics. However, like politics, if one is knocked out, one is gone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: Quote me again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I did not say that, but if-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I have tried to have a logical discussion about this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

John Crown: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome the Minister. It is very likely that all the reassurance we are getting is entirely correct. It is most unlikely we are going to see any kind of apocalyptic scenario such as has been portrayed by Hollywood with respect to newly emerging viral illnesses. However, it is very plausible that we will get a few cases. It does not require any kind of conspiracy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

John Crown: My question was on facilities in the Mater's unit and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I would like an answer to another question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I will ask on air later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I just want a bit of clarity. It is all very well to say we have 12 isolation beds. Since I asked my question, I have received a message stating that two of them are the highest-level containment beds with negative pressure; four others are standard ICU, still negative pressure; and six are in shared rooms. That partially answers the question I was asking. However, what level of...