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- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: It was not worth listening to.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: The Senator is long past that.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: By whom?
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Fourteen years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: That is nonsense.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I support the call by Senator Colm Burke and others for a debate on the health service. Senator Ó Domhnaill's remarks about him visiting Cork for two days and becoming an expert on what happens there-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: It reminds me of a former presidential hopeful, Sarah Palin, who said she was an expert on Russian policy because she lives in Alaska. We will compare Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill to Senator Palin from Alaska.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: It is always great to get advice from Solomon on the other side of the House. It is always very worthwhile.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Even when the sun is shining, Sinn Féin is negative.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: The Leader should not bother.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: You are the opposition.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on the amount of work he has put into ensuring this Bill reached us successfully in the House. As soon as I walk into this House, I feel I am no longer a private individual speaking from a private perspective. I am a public representative and my personal feelings on a substantive issue, whatever they may be, are irrelevant in this regard....
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: That is ridiculous.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I support comments made by Senator Marc MacSharry, Senator Jillian van Turnhout and others on newspaper reports of a proposed reduction in the €35 million ring-fenced this year for mental health services. The same amount was ring-fenced last year but I understand why that money was not fully spent because it takes time to roll out and put in place the structures under which staff can...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Senator Leyden should keep it honest.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I look forward to that. I acknowledge the kind words of my colleagues and thank them. I invite them all to join me for a cup or tea or a glass of wine later this evening.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I refer to the Title of the Bill. Before the debate really kicks off, it might be no harm to remind ourselves exactly what the Supreme Court stated. Otherwise, it will give rise to all kinds of irrelevant arguments. On 5 March 1992, Chief Justice Finlay spoke on this point. He stated: I, therefore, conclude that the proper test to be applied is that if it is established as a matter of...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: That is exactly the point.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: On the naming of the Bill, the life of the unborn is contingent on the life of the mother. Of course it is the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill - there can be no other name for it.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: We cannot have this.