Results 1,761-1,780 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: He is doing it here.
- Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: The Bill is a decent piece of legislation and goes a long way towards levelling the playing field. Senator O'Brien is 100% right in what he has said. Not a Senator in the House would disagree that the gambling element of the betting industry needs to be regulated. We all know of heartbreaking cases of gambling addiction which need to be dealt with urgently. As we stated earlier, we could...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Does Sinn Féin have a single positive thing to say?
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Bill. The points made by my colleague, Senator Ó Domhnaill, are particularly worthy of support and the delivery of them here, without any hyperbole, in a calm manner, is exactly how we should conduct our business in this House. It is a great opportunity for the Seanad to give expression to the wishes of the Magdalen women and the Labour Party and Government are very keen...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: "Opposition" being the key word.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I joint colleagues in congratulating the Ireland cricket team on its remarkable win this morning. Cricket has a long tradition in Ireland. It is remarkable that in areas where hurling is particularly strong, cricket was also very strong in the past. It should be noted that the competition for the Ashes, which involves England and Australia and which is played every four years, was begun by...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: It makes a change for that Deputy to be saying something about health.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Where is his policy? Where is the Senator's policy?
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the House. There is no doubt that our accident and emergency departments are facing significant challenges but it is rather bizarre to be lectured by Fianna Fáil on the issue. It is telling that when Senator MacSharry spoke, he made reference to the current Minister for Health and his predecessors but stopped just before he came to the architect of the HSE,...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: --- and that it is only tricks and stealth that he is involved in. However, any reasonable person ---
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: --- would say that the current Minister is a straight-talking, dedicated public servant with no agenda other than fixing the problems that we have. It would be ungenerous of Fianna Fáil not to acknowledge that. Indeed, it would be ungenerous of anyone not to acknowledge it. The problems within the health service cannot be solved immediately, contrary to the simplistic suggestion put...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: We need to deal with reality. The first point to make, which has not been mentioned yet, is that political responsibility rests with the Minister for Health. He will be judged on his performance and how he handles not just the accident and emergency crisis but the myriad of other challenges, rather than crises, in our health system. The term "crisis" can be overwhelming and can lead to an...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: The Acting Chairman looked at me with despair on his face when he heard me say that. I understand the problem is complex and is not amenable to simple solutions. It is certainly not amenable to having money thrown at it, which is what Fianna Fáil did over the course of its tenure in Government and Members have seen the results of that. It certainly did not cure the problem and...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: It is true.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Is the Senator saying he should go up there himself now?
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: We are just pointing out-----
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: He said that before the election. He acknowledged that it would take two terms.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: The Senator has mentioned parsing statements. He is parsing the facts.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I question the figures given by Senator Mary White. The level of emigration was down by 20% last year. To say 1,600 people are leaving the country weekly gives the very wrong impression. At least half of that figure is accounted for by the normal population flows one would expect in a given year. The number of Irish people leaving the country, while appallingly high, is not 89,000 but...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Senator Mark Daly was just looking for a cheap headline.