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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

John Gilroy: I can. If the acting leader of the Fianna Fáil group draws his literary references from the front page of the IrishDaily Mail, it surely explains all the-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)

John Gilroy: We are very good in this country at paying lip-service to a great number of things. One of these issues is our national monuments. There is plenty of talk about all we are doing to preserve and conserve literally tens of thousands of national monuments across the country. One sign of neglect, however, is the lack of progress on the new national monuments Bill which has been on the Order of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Coping with Stillbirth Loss: Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association (16 Oct 2014)

John Gilroy: I thank the witnesses for a very powerful and moving contribution. Is it accurate to say we are only at the beginning of a cultural change when it comes to openness and acknowledgement of pregnancy and infant deaths? I recently spoke to a lady who in the 1970s lost an infant in the first days of life. When the baby died, the baby was taken from the mother and was buried - "discreetly" was...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

John Gilroy: I have spent many occasions on my feet in the House referring to mental health issues, including one area in particular, section 58 of the Mental Health Act. It allows for the non-consensual administration of electroconvulsive therapy to patients. This needs to be repealed urgently. The Minister of State has given some indication that she is disposed towards repealing it. Section 58(2) of...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

John Gilroy: Gerry Adams might.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

John Gilroy: The good old days when Charles Haughey was Taoiseach.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

John Gilroy: Fianna Fáil could have done so when it was in government but it did not.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

John Gilroy: It was only three years ago.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

John Gilroy: Now they are worried.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: It is unlikely so.

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: I imagine this will be about Roscommon hospital.

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome the Minister to the Chamber. It is sometimes not easy being a Minister for Health. I seem to remember a previous Minister for Health was criticised when he was accused of trying to put some primary care centres into his constituency. If one is to believe the Sunday newspapers published last week, the current Minister for Health is attracting some...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: The Senator gave her good training.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (6 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Bill is fairly weighty as it comprises 44 very technical sections. As has been stated, it is a vastly technical piece of work, not least the fact that it attempts to bring together 19 legislative pieces. By the time the fourth speaker in the House gets his or her turn most of the points will have been raised. Senator Ó Murchú has...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: I join the Cathaoirleach in welcoming my good friend Councillor Wayne Ford from County Meath to the Visitors Gallery. I wish the Republic of Ireland soccer team success in the match against Scotland on Friday. If the scramble for tickets is a measure of returning interest in the game, it is a good sign. A win on Friday will put us in pole position to qualify. As the Leader recently won...

Seanad: Suicide and Mental Health: Statements (11 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. The time available only allows me the merest mention of some of the many challenges facing our mental health services. I would like to talk about them under two headings, one being what we would call operational matters, which are the function of the HSE to deliver. The challenges facing the HSE in delivering these are great and some people...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: In fairness, I do not think the amendment makes any reference to general practitioners; the reference is to registered medical practitioners. I presume the intention is to refer to the appropriate speciality as opposed to the general practitioner. However, I am not in a position to support it. It is well-meaning but is a narrow amendment. Codes of conduct, codes of practice and...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: It potentially could.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: You are not the Chair.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: I cannot support this amendment. I am loath to disagree with my friend and colleague Senator Barrett, who has argued that the Competition Authority is a barkless organisation, but we saw the teeth of that organisation in the recent negotiations on a new GP contract. The ruling from the Competition Authority in that regard was far from barkless. Senator Burke made reference to creating...