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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: -----and point scoring in this House. When they have an opportunity to do something about it, they do not. They prefer to score political points.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: At October's meeting of Fingal County Council, the same decision was taken. When the Labour Party proposed to reduce property tax to 10% from 15% and to make approximately €2 million available to tackle the homelessness crisis, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil voted against it. Their members come to this House and-----

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: It has to do with tackling the crisis of homelessness.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil want to give a few pounds to the middle class for electoral advantage. When they have an opportunity to do something about a real crisis, they do nothing. It is as simple as that.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: Any positive comments from a member of Sinn Féin will certainly be brief.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: I welcome the measures proposed in the Finance Bill. Having suffered eight austerity budgets the time has come when the Government feels that public finances are such that people can be given a bit of a break. While most of the measures in the budget are very modest they put money back in people's pockets, which is welcome. We understand it is the Opposition's role and function to oppose...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: I share many of Senator Quinn's concerns. When we raised this with the Minister's officials during a briefing, I was not very satisfied with the answer I received. There are issues of revenue reporting and abuse of the system that section 81 purports to address. Some of the examples of the abuse that have been supplied to me include an exemption where a wealthy individual gifted a house...

Seanad: Standards of Care in Residential Care Homes: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: I will be brief. I am a psychiatric nurse. I spent 27 years in the job and I have a fair insight into the challenges. I watched the programme last night and I am absolutely outraged. I share all the anger that has been expressed. I heard it being described as a level of care. It is not care at all, but a level of abuse. The word "care" does not enter into it. I listened carefully to my...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I also welcome this important and rather complex Bill. Senator O'Donovan put his finger on the nub of the complexity of this legislation when he suggested that the positive outcomes from it might not be immediately obvious in the short term. As the Senator suggested, in five years or so we might begin to see real reforms and savings in this area....

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: The Senator will not be a part of it, will he?

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: We want to be left wing.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: This is just pathetic.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: Of course it is.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: My good friend, Senator Cullinane, is in great form this morning. If we asked Maíria Cahill to comment on the Senator's suggestion that Sinn Féin is interested in fair and equal treatment for people, we might find that she does not fully agree with it. If we asked the families of young Paul Quinn or of many of the disappeared, we might find they do not agree that they have been...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: Perhaps Senator Jim Walsh is over-egging the case. There was a slight misunderstanding here. If the Senator waits two minutes, we will have the speech.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: During the time of the Fianna Fáil Government it was more accurately described as the "Misappropriation Bill".

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: If that is the biggest insult that Senator Byrne can think of throwing at somebody, that he or she be a member of Fianna Fáil - - - - -

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: I am highly offended.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: Sinn Féin campaigned to abolish the Seanad. The Senator should make up his mind what he wants.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: Sinn Féin has no credibility on this issue.