Results 601-620 of 1,253 for speaker:John Crown

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

John Crown: I am not in a rush. I just want to ensure that I will have an opportunity to contribute.

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

John Crown: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

John Crown: I ask the Acting Chairman to inform me when my time is up as I am pressing for a vote. I thank the Minister. I do not like to be cast in an adversarial role with him vis-à-vis any tobacco control issue, as I know his heart is absolutely in the right place. I wish to thank two other people tonight. I pay very special thanks to Senator White for coming in tonight - I am very grateful...

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

John Crown: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I am delighted to have an opportunity to present this Bill this evening. I am honoured that the Minister has come to the House to deal with this legislation. I am sure the Government's response to it will be positive. I hope the Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013 will be...

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

John Crown: Why do otherwise rational people continue to smoke when it is contrary to their own self-interest? To put it simply, it is addiction. Tobacco companies must recruit 50 new tobacco addicts daily just to replace the deaths that are caused by their own products. In 80% of cases, these novice smokers are children. Big tobacco will deny the reality that its business plan can be summed up in...

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: First Stage (17 Dec 2013)

John Crown: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to codify in Irish law the requirements of the United Nations framework convention on tobacco control which pertain to interactions between members of the tobacco industry and their agents and the Government, and where individuals breach these regulations to create offences and to provide for the investigation and prosecution...

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: First Stage (17 Dec 2013)

John Crown: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: First Stage (17 Dec 2013)

John Crown: Tomorrow, 18 December 2013.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)

John Crown: I wish to table an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 18 be taken before No. 1.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)

John Crown: Yes.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)

John Crown: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoir agus leis an Seanadóir Bradford for giving me time. I will be very brief. I would like to draw an analogy that I am sure the Minister has heard many times today. It is in the nature of the political climate that exists following the Seanad referendum that people are inclined to draw parallels between this reform initiative and the reform...

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)

John Crown: Yes, I will speak for one minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

John Crown: I thank the Minister and his colleagues for coming. As he knows, I am a huge supporter of his efforts to ratchet up the pressure on the tobacco industry, but we are not going anywhere near far enough. That is not a criticism of the Minister. We both want to ensure a long-term plan to increase the pressure even more severely in the years to come. Will the Minister clarify exactly what has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV-AIDS Strategy: Discussion (5 Dec 2013)

John Crown: How many GUM consultants do we have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV-AIDS Strategy: Discussion (5 Dec 2013)

John Crown: Please do not take this as a disrespectful comment, but it does not take that much research to tell me how many there are if the number is two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV-AIDS Strategy: Discussion (5 Dec 2013)

John Crown: I look forward to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV-AIDS Strategy: Discussion (5 Dec 2013)

John Crown: I welcome our various speakers. Another consequence of being old is that I can remember the story of HIV as a disease right from the beginning. I recall reading the first reports that came out of New York and Los Angeles about unusual infections among gay men and the occurrence of a very rare cancer called Kaposi sarcoma. I am also old enough to have, I believe, seen and diagnosed the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV-AIDS Strategy: Discussion (5 Dec 2013)

John Crown: They should be, because it is the core of the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV-AIDS Strategy: Discussion (5 Dec 2013)

John Crown: It is the core of the problem in every area of Irish medicine. Genitourinary medicine is no different.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Chronic Disease Management Programme (4 Dec 2013)

John Crown: Go raibh maith agat an tAire agus fáilte arís. I thank the Minister of State for her reply and I am grateful for the attention paid to the matter. I ask her to convey three messages. First, please examine the medical card issue. I know that she will do so because I respect her word on the matter. Second, there must be some assessment of the adequacy of the arrangements that are...