Results 41-60 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. We are not opposing the Bill, the intention of which is decent and sound and worth much consideration.We can speak only about the Bill before us. The Bill, as presented, requires additional work before it can be fully supported, and I look forward to discussing it on Committee Stage. The Minister might think about and redress some of my concerns....
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
John Gilroy: The immediately previous exchange demonstrates why we cannot have a mature debate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
John Gilroy: Yes but I want to build a background to my question. The exchange demonstrates why we cannot have a mature debate on these very important issues. People start roaring, shouting and throwing personal abuse at people just because they oppose the position that people take.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
John Gilroy: A torrent of abuse was directed at my colleague because of a position that they do not share. Personal abuse is never appropriate. If that is the level of argument that this House is able to generate then I do not think it is worth engaging at all.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Cabinet's expenditure programme that was outlined today which gives money to the badly-needed upgrade of the Dunkettle interchange in Cork. The measure will remove the last set of traffic lights from Cork to Belfast when completed which is a good thing and can only be welcomed. The location is a real bottleneck and holds up the full development of the city and port of Cork....
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)
John Gilroy: Yesterday and again this morning we heard much comment about the loss of the Web Summit to Lisbon. While the reasons for it are probably varied and complex, the cost of accommodation here----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)
John Gilroy: While the cost of accommodation here in the city is certainly a factor, I want to draw attention to what might be another factor in this decision. Back in 2013 for the entire period of the Web Summit, there was a water shortage here in Dublin. When there were 30,000 international and national entrepreneurs and high-tech businesses coming here to experience the Irish ambiance for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
John Gilroy: I agree with Senator D'Arcy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
John Gilroy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
John Gilroy: I wish my good friend and colleague, Jimmy Harte, all the best on his retirement. It is a sad day for Leinster House when we lose somebody of the calibre of Jimmy. Jimmy is a gentleman and one of the most decent people I have met. His contribution to Seanad Éireann has been exemplary, as was his dedication to public service. Jimmy seldom stood up without first thinking how his...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
John Gilroy: Set-aside is one.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
John Gilroy: Senator Keane's last comments notwithstanding, she has summed up the situation well. It is remarkable to discover Opposition Senators are not in favour of giving householders €100 per year to encourage them to conserve water. It is absolutely amazing that Members are saying, "No, you are not getting that money, you do not deserve it".
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
John Gilroy: Sometimes people pursue arguments to the nth degree and end up painting themselves into a corner. Members opposite have done exactly that on this occasion. The logic they are presenting is so perverse as to make no sense at all.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
John Gilroy: We can only respond to what we hear from the Opposition.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
John Gilroy: On the amendment, the Opposition has thrown in the kitchen sink. Opposition Senators have called the introduction of the grant madness, a shambles and a farce. It has been described as everything except what it is. Senator David Cullinane said little, apart from shouting the word "joke", which might describe his own party's policies on the economy and water services. Sinn Féin has a...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
John Gilroy: It is used by An Post to deliver letters.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
John Gilroy: I do not know what you can say to that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)
John Gilroy: They are a better class of seagull.
- Seanad: Transplant Patient Services: Motion (15 Jul 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber to deal with this comprehensive and decent motion, which highlights an issue of extreme importance. I suppose the construction of the motion means we cannot support it in its current form. Surely there is no intention to ask the Minister to get involved in the recruitment of clinicians at any level. If we go down that route, we will open very dangerous...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)
John Gilroy: We will all go.