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Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: Is the Senator going to join the Labour Party?

Seanad: Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister. The Bill is technical in nature. It contains 35 sections, most of which are very detailed about the legislative framework for the creation of a repository for credit information. This is to be welcomed; the creation of a central credit register has been welcomed by all stakeholders involved in the collaborative process behind the drafting of the legislation. I...

Seanad: Death of Nelson Mandela: Statements (10 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: Deputy Adams is no Nelson Mandela.

Seanad: Death of Nelson Mandela: Statements (10 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: He certainly would not have.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: To be helpful, as I always am, the two questions we must ask ourselves about the amendment are: is the information required available and is the information required publicly available? The answer to both questions must be yes because we are dealing with public money. I can see what Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill is seeking in tabling the amendment. I sympathise with him 100% in his...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: Yes, they do.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: Only on establishment.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: He never said that.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: The Senator is scaremongering now.

Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: Fianna Fáil is quoting Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to discuss this technical amendment to the Health Act 2008. Even though it is only a technical amendment it is a fairly important one, not least in terms of the potential it offers to the Opposition to make mischief and scaremonger the very people they purport to protect. The temptation also exists for the Opposition to conflate, as Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: On last night's edition of "Tonight with Vincent Browne", Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn from the Sinn Féin movement did the State some service when he allowed the mask to slip to reveal the ugliness and vileness at the heart of the Sinn Féin and republican movement.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: To say that somebody has a duty to kill an unarmed man who is trying to surrender when he is surrounded on a country road by armed gunmen, was an incredible statement which was compounded by the comparing of the current republican movement to the old IRA.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: I am looking for a debate on this matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: I will look at the history. Deputy Mac Lochlainn compared the old IRA to the-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: I certainly have.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: Commandant Tom Barry spent his life refuting allegations that the old IRA tried to kill Auxiliaries who were trying to surrender. He was absolutely scandalised by the mere allegation of it. Despite this, Deputy Mac Lochlainn is considering assault and murder a matter for pride.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: I am looking for a debate on the Smithwick report. It would sicken all proper and true democrats to hear the words of a Sinn Féin spokesperson in this regard. There is no place, in my view-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: -----for the like of him in the other House or in any House or to be let near any parliament. That is my own view.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

John Gilroy: I am looking for a debate on the vileness of it.