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- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: As if I needed it to be proved.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: I thank the Senator. She is excellent.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: That is very helpful. I listened to the Sinn Féin contributions in the other House and read some press releases afterwards. One point referred to how the budget treats young people, in terms of how they are ignored and cast adrift. A clear example of the difference between the policy pursued by this Government and that which might be pursued if Sinn Féin was ever in government...
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: Were we in government? Was the Senator in government? The same argument applies to him.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: The second reason is the over-reliance by the Fianna Fáil Government on Part 5 of the Planning Act to deliver social housing. The amount of investment-----
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: Senator Ó Clochartaigh must have joined Fianna Fáil, or must be about to, given his vociferous defence of it. This budget is progressive and decent. It is a good start, it is prudent, and it sets the parameters for discussion and investment for the next three or four years. We should consider the record of those in government because past performance is an indication of future...
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: Should we take it back?
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: It is the opposite of regressive.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: We are more interested in curing the ills than maintaining them.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: There will be extra gardaí too. Sinn Féin does not like that part of it.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: That is not true. It is the opposite.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: That is wrong. Senator Ó Clochartaigh should read it.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: We all sit here for hours.
- Seanad: United Nations Principles for Older Persons: Motion (21 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State. This motion is timely and valuable and I thank the Senators who tabled it. Sometimes old age is seen as a burden.
- Seanad: United Nations Principles for Older Persons: Motion (21 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: That might be as well.
- Seanad: United Nations Principles for Older Persons: Motion (21 Oct 2015)
John Gilroy: Sometimes old age is seen as a burden. Others think the accumulated benefits of aging, such as knowledge, experience and wisdom, mean it is not a burden but something that is welcome and necessary. As a society, as people and as policy makers, we must acknowledge our attitudes to aging and see where the fit into the dichotomy of views on aging. This takes on an increasing importance as our...
- Seanad: Services for People with Asthma: Motion (18 Nov 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. It is a very good and important motion, which I welcome. I thank the proposer and seconder for introducing it here. I find myself in full agreement with all that previous speakers have said. I agree particularly with Senator Ó Murchú, who said that we all think we know plenty about asthma until we actually do a bit of research into...
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Dec 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Bill. It is good to see that it travelled unopposed through the other House and is likely to do so through this House as well. I am not a great fan of health insurance at all but, in the absence of anything else, it is the best system we have at the moment. Senator Byrne is quite right in drawing our attention to the need to overhaul, to use his language, the entire health...
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (9 Dec 2015)
John Gilroy: That is not the Minister of State's fault.
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
John Gilroy: Senator van Turnhout's amendment has definite merit. I have worked with the mental health services for nearly 30 years.It is anomalous to preclude a person suffering from major mental illness from the safety of a health care directive. Major, enduring and relapsing mental illnesses are often accompanied by loss of insight by the person suffering from the condition and it is at that very...