Results 421-440 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (6 Nov 2014)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Bill is fairly weighty as it comprises 44 very technical sections. As has been stated, it is a vastly technical piece of work, not least the fact that it attempts to bring together 19 legislative pieces. By the time the fourth speaker in the House gets his or her turn most of the points will have been raised. Senator Ó Murchú has...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
John Gilroy: The Senator gave her good training.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
John Gilroy: I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome the Minister to the Chamber. It is sometimes not easy being a Minister for Health. I seem to remember a previous Minister for Health was criticised when he was accused of trying to put some primary care centres into his constituency. If one is to believe the Sunday newspapers published last week, the current Minister for Health is attracting some...
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
John Gilroy: I imagine this will be about Roscommon hospital.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
John Gilroy: It is unlikely so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: Now they are worried.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: It was only three years ago.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: Fianna Fáil could have done so when it was in government but it did not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: The good old days when Charles Haughey was Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: Gerry Adams might.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: I have spent many occasions on my feet in the House referring to mental health issues, including one area in particular, section 58 of the Mental Health Act. It allows for the non-consensual administration of electroconvulsive therapy to patients. This needs to be repealed urgently. The Minister of State has given some indication that she is disposed towards repealing it. Section 58(2) of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: We are very good in this country at paying lip-service to a great number of things. One of these issues is our national monuments. There is plenty of talk about all we are doing to preserve and conserve literally tens of thousands of national monuments across the country. One sign of neglect, however, is the lack of progress on the new national monuments Bill which has been on the Order of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Coping with Stillbirth Loss: Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association (16 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: I thank the witnesses for a very powerful and moving contribution. Is it accurate to say we are only at the beginning of a cultural change when it comes to openness and acknowledgement of pregnancy and infant deaths? I recently spoke to a lady who in the 1970s lost an infant in the first days of life. When the baby died, the baby was taken from the mother and was buried - "discreetly" was...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: Senator Norris charged the Minister in the Chamber yesterday of committing the grave error of splitting an infinitive and suggested that he required literacy lessons. I think some history lessons are need here because Senator Norris said all parties acquiesced in the destruction of this economy. History will show that along with Senator Norris, the Labour Party was the only party to oppose...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: Senator Daly lamented the fact that we are engaging in auction politics, and yet in his contribution and in his heckling he has pointed to the fact we are not spending enough money. Senator Daly needs to-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: In my humble opinion, Senator Daly needs to do one of two things.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is quite right and I thank him for his advice.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: I suppose Senator Daly has made my point for me. He takes his literary references from-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: Senator Daly takes his literary references from-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)
John Gilroy: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is quite right and I thank him for his advice on that matter. Senator Daly's contribution-----