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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)

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

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: A great deal of pious angst has recently been expressed in the Chamber about homelessness, which is a significant problem. The recent events that occurred close to this House demonstrated the urgency of the situation. It might be more relevant to make my next point during our debate this evening but, at a recent meeting of Dublin City Council, which has operational responsibility for...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

John Gilroy: So when I hear the expressions on what is a dreadful situation, I am thoroughly disgusted by parties' hypocrisy-----

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: Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: I welcome in advance the announcement to be made by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government of a social housing policy which is due to be unveiled this morning. Housing is of core importance to the Labour Party and the Minister's initiative merits considerable acclaim. I wish to correct yesterday's record of the debate on water services. I wrongly attributed some...

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: Galway County Council.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: Senator Byrne is well qualified to speak about cronyism.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

John Gilroy: Fianna Fáil brought it in.