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- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: In accordance with the amendment proposed to the Order of Business, the Senator is insisting that she come to the House today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: It is obvious that Senator Darragh O'Brien has no interest in pursuing the issue of the Attorney General coming to the House. From his point of view ------
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: ----- it makes more sense to try to catch "Oireachtas Report" and in the great Fianna Fáil tradition to be seen trying to do something when it really does not want to do it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: If it was a real and serious proposal that the Attorney General come to the House today, she would have been given notice and it would have been scheduled for tomorrow or Thursday. I am loath to refer to it, but it brings the procedures of the House to a new low and shows indecency that the Fianna Fáil Party is using the circumstances of the death of a Member's father, at a time when...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: I do not propose that Senator Darragh O'Brien take this personally. I do not intend it as a smear on him. Senator Darragh O'Brien is a decent, honourable Senator-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: -----but I am saying that this is an opportunistic move on behalf of Fianna Fáil and I find this-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: I can only call what I see here and that is what I do.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: I do not intend to withdraw the remark. I am going to leave the remark to stand on the record because we are asked to consider this to be just a coincidence and it is far from that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: I intend to ask the Leader, with regard to my first contribution on the recently published crime figures, if we might have a debate on the issue at the earliest convenience.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: I note that crime figures under most headings are down except in one or two areas, which is totally unacceptable. There is a matter of public confidence and public safety with regard to crime figures. The recent comment in the media about different types of crime being out of control is not borne out by the most recent figures released for 2011 and 2012. I ask the Leader to organise a time...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: This is madness. The Senator does not understand the system at all.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: Again.
- Seanad: SME Envoy Networks: Statements (3 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: The Minister of State is very welcome to the Chamber. I read the address on stability through good governance that he delivered to the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum some time ago and I was very impressed by it. Most of the points made were very good. The importance of good governance cannot be overstated. While we have made good strides in this area recently, we still have some...
- Seanad: SME Envoy Networks: Statements (3 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: We are listening.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: Just because I am not saying anything does not mean I am not listening.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: It never fails to surprise me that when politicians start talking about health policy, examples are always put forward of how busy our clinics are concerning health representations. This may be what is wrong with our health system. Is it not funny that when people need information about the health service they go to their politicians rather than their doctor? Politicians, myself included,...
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: Out of the air, I would say.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: The Senator cannot get away with that nonsense.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)
John Gilroy: On a point of order-----