Results 1,741-1,760 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: HSE National Service Plan 2015: Statements (20 Jan 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I recognise the constraints that limit our potential to deliver the services that are required in this country. A great deal of good news and good stuff is contained in the national service plan. The real increase in the budget of €115 million, when last year's commitments are met, certainly has to be welcomed. The decision to enable general...
- Seanad: HSE National Service Plan 2015: Statements (20 Jan 2015)
John Gilroy: They are concentrated in specific areas.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
John Gilroy: Thugs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
John Gilroy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
John Gilroy: I understand that people are very angry after enduring eight years of austerity imposed to get the country back in recovery. First, I join in condemning the recent protest, if that is the correct word, against the visit of President Higgins to Coláiste Eoin in Finglas. It is fair and reasonable to attack ideas in a democracy but it is totally unacceptable to make a personal and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)
John Gilroy: As public representatives, we have a responsibility to explain the positions we take on different policy issues, particularly ones that are controversial or could do with further explanation in the public domain. There is a great opportunity open to us with regard to the facility that social media offers. It offers a huge number of positives for public representatives but I am afraid it...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)
John Gilroy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Bill 2014: Second Stage (3 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: This legislation is the most complex legislation brought to the House since I became a Member. It is vitally important. It is also vital, as Senator Barrett said, that we get this right and that the safeguards put in place are sufficiently robust to withstand any type of abuse, scrutiny or rigour that might test them in the future. Some time ago we used to say that with a billion euro...
- Seanad: Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Bill 2014: Second Stage (3 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Senator Michael D'Arcy can. His farming and economic background allow him to do that. If one omits the economies of Germany, Italy and France, the sum of €2.8 trillion is equal to the value of all the other economies in the EU. The Irish fund industry is managing a frightening amount of money. When dealing with such a sum it is vital that fund managers operating in this country...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Absolute lies.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Absolute lies.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: In light of the appalling murder of the young Jordanian air force pilot by ISIS, it is important to condemn this action categorically and that it would be condemned by all right-thinking and decent people everywhere. Even though ISIS and the Middle East seem very far away from us, geographically, I ask the Leader to arrange a debate with the Minister for Justice and Equality or the Minister...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Following what Senator Gerard P. Craughwell said, it is important that the House recognise the authority of the Attorney General's position. I am not talking about the Attorney General.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I am not speaking about the person of the Attorney General but the Office of the Attorney General. It certainly is allowable to speak in this Chamber about the Office of the Attorney General or any public office. The idea that the Attorney General's advice is sometimes wrong is uncontestable. It is challenged at Supreme Court level and sometimes found that it is not what it is. However,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I support the proposal made by Senator Gerard P. Craughwell that we have a discussion on the matter. The idea that the Attorney General wakes up in the morning and forms an opinion shows a blatant misunderstanding of how the Office of the Attorney General arrives at conclusions. It comprises 35 legal officers-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: The Office of the Attorney General is a legitimate topic for discussion, the person of the Attorney General is not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Is the Office of the Attorney General not an allowable topic of discussion?
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I cannot accept that ruling. I will accept it, of course, but-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: If the Attorney General's opinion is as valid as anyone else's, it demonstrates an misunderstanding of the operation of the Office of the Attorney General. The Attorney General widely canvasses opinion among academics and senior law officers in the Four Courts, the Law Library and elsewhere. Having canvassed their opinions, the Attorney General arrives at a particular position. It is not...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I support the Senator, but I disagree with what he stated. I support him, however, in seeking a debate on the role of the Office of the Attorney General.