Results 461-480 of 1,253 for speaker:John Crown

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

John Crown: It is appropriate that we also devote some of our parliamentary attention to other weighty matters. I apologise if I sound like a broken record but this is yet another day without a dermatologist in the part of the country with the highest incidence of skin cancer, despite months of advance notice. I hope this issue is being addressed as a matter of extreme urgency. This is the third day...

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

John Crown: Members will understand how one can be troubled in deciding how to vote on this issue.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I shall speak briefly because I want to give one minute to Senator Healy Eames.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I will yield my time to Senator Healy Eames.

Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: Votáil.

Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I am sure you were, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I am an inventive chap. It is highly relevant because we are proposing to develop this as an outdoor amenity area. I am sure people who go there will indulge in various outdoor activities. They should be aware that as of this month, June 2014, the entire region in which they live and its entire much-trumpeted hospital group has no dermatologist....

Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: If the Minister’s much-rumoured change of job occurs I will be glad to brief him on skin cancer.

Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: No.

Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I welcome the Minister. I would like to take up a point Senator Cullinane made about the south east being a world leader. It is. It is a world leader for skin cancer. The south east has the highest incidence of skin cancer in a country where the incidence of skin cancer is rising most alarmingly. The Minister should be interested to know that farmers are at particular risk. The...

Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I wish to dissociate myself from Senator Barrett’s remark.

Seanad: Suspension of Standing Orders: Motion (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: In view of the extreme gravity and life-threatening nature of this matter, under Standing Order 62(3)(b), I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means. Members need to look into their consciences and ignore the Whips on this.

Seanad: Suspension of Standing Orders: Motion (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I move: "That Standing Orders for today's sitting be suspended." I apologise to the Minister again for the interruption. I welcome the Leader of the House, Senator Maurice Cummins, back to the Chamber. I would like to propose the suspension of Standing Orders under Standing Order 159 in order that we can deal with an urgent matter that has arisen, namely, the issuing of a directive that...

Seanad: Suspension of Standing Orders: Motion (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I would like to ask for a vote on that.

Seanad: Suspension of Standing Orders: Motion (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the Leader. Everyone recognises that obesity is clearly the second leading cause, after smoking, of preventable premature death and ill health in this country. It is also a colossal drain on the Exchequer. This subject should be of interest to the Minister, Deputy Coveney. It has been shown that in extreme cases where conservative measures do not work, this...

Seanad: Request to move Adjournment of Seanad under Standing Order 30 (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I am sorry to interrupt the Minister. I call for an urgent debate, on something which I believe is a national emergency. I am proposing the suspension of the House to allow for the following matter to be debated, namely, the notification which St. Vincent's Hospital received this week that one of only two centres in the country performing urgent weight loss surgery, the centre which has a...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: Standing Order 159 states: "(1) Any Standing Order or Orders of the Seanad may be suspended for the day’s sitting, and for a particular purpose, upon motion made after notice". I believe this issue should now be considered as a Standing Order 159 matter.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: It is the same motion that the Cathaoirleach received earlier.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: My understanding was that in the event of the adjudication on Standing Order 30 being made adversely, I could immediately ask for it to be heard under Standing Order 159.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: I accede to that request.

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: The sugar analogy is inaccurate because we all need sugar or a certain carbohydrate intake to live.