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- Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)
John Gilroy: No, it is okay. The Senator should carry on, as Members are all ears.
- Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)
John Gilroy: The Senator should calm down a bit.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: Be magnanimous.
- Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: I too agree with the Minister and Senator Burke on the extent to which we want to go with the legislation. Personally, I would be in favour of banning sunbeds entirely but that is not the purpose of the legislation. Senator Crown is correct to draw attention to the increase in the incidence of melanoma and skin cancer. Section 2, which gives the Minister power to provide regulations,...
- Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: We can strip this down and call it democracy. The most important feature of a democracy is that people have a choice, even to do something harmful to themselves, misguided as they might be. If we followed Senator Cullinane's logic we would ban everything that entails any risk. Would we ban boxing because people get injured doing it? Would we ban skydiving, skiing-----
- Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: Absolutely. Such injuries incur a cost on the State, but it is part of living in a democracy. It is discrimination to provide services to some people but not others because they suffer from a medical condition. Can we ban the sale of sugar to diabetics and alcohol to recovering alcoholics? Can we keep harmful products from one section of society due to a medical condition and not from the...
- Seanad: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Second Stage (17 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister. It is appropriate that the Minister has introduced the Bill in the Seanad on the same day that we concluded legislation to prohibit the use of sunbeds to those under the age of 18 years. Those are two pieces of legislation which undoubtedly will save many lives into the future. His introductory comments where he quotes senior members of the tobacco industry, as...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: Is this for real?
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: Without any exasperation.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: Is this a parallel Senate? Is it parallel to any normal democracy?
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: It would nationalise organised crime.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: I am absolutely perplexed and amazed. Words fail me when I see a party that purports to be a democratic party offering some sort of sympathy to these organised thugs. I suppose it was not that long ago that many of these thugs were fellow travellers of the same party. I can point to some-----
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: I am glad that my social media strategies work. It is rather remarkable. A six year old boy is lucky to be alive after being shot by absolute thugs in Dublin during the week. How are we going to prosecute people who carry out these crimes? What is the way to prosecute them if they are likely to shoot a child or intimidate juries? Our friends on the Opposition bench offer some comfort to...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: It is a matter of fact.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: He was questioned on suspicion of murder.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: He has been questioned on suspicion of murder.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: When did I say he was charged? I said he was being questioned.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: The leader of my colleague's party was questioned on suspicion of the murder of Jean McConville. That is a well-known fact. Nobody can argue that point.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: There is no point in asking me to withdraw the statement.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)
John Gilroy: It would be remiss of me to stray from the point. I need to put on the record that we are supporting the legislation. Any civilised country would take the most severe action against people who disregard the law and put citizens' lives at risk.