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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: Let us have the HSE, the IPU and the Department of Health and Children at a meeting.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: The Senator should not be hurt.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: On a serious note, yesterday I tried to speak on the amendment to the Order of Business put down by the Fine Gael group. I wanted the record to show the high level of support and desire by this side of the House for community pharmacists. Good work is being undertaken by many people to find a resolution, such as the Joint Committee on Health and Children, which is working on a consensus...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: I tried to get in yesterday and you indicated to me that I would be called today.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: I tried to get in on the issue. What I wanted to do was to put on the record what I have done. I continue to ask all members of the House to try to do what the Joint Committee on Health and Children has done so far on this issue, to work on a consensual basis, not to play politics with a very difficult issue——

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: ——and try to find a real solution to the issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: I am not dividing the House on it. The Senator should cop himself on.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: Playing politics is what was happening yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: I withdraw any remark that was unacceptable.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: I take the opportunity to congratulate the FAI on its appointment of its new manager, Mr. Trappatoni. I wish the manager, the FAI and the team every success in the years ahead. Hopefully we shall see a replication of the Charlton days, with Ireland making great strides in the sporting arena and——

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: If I may, can I request that on the Order of Business——

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: I wish to make a point.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: I tried to get in prior to the vote——

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: It is just with regard to what the record will show. I have a concern about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: Can I approach somebody to find out what might be recorded on the record?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: I also request, through your office, that I meet the CPP to discuss this issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Ivor Callely: I have listened with interest to my colleagues' comments on road accident statistics and road safety. We should not underestimate the importance of a good set of tyres on a vehicle and the level of inspection carried out on tyre thread depth. We are often stopped for insurance and tax checks or to be breathalysed, but it is very seldom that one is stopped for a safety check on the tyre...

Seanad: Substance Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2008)

Ivor Callely: When this motion was moved, the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was present. Today I am delighted to see here my constituency colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, Deputy Seán Haughey, and I wish him well. In my contribution on 19 December 2007, I indicated that the Dublin County Coroner stated on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: As in most walks of life.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: Will the Leader earmark for the new year a debate on the issue of supports in place for older people. I raise this in light of a number of cases that have been brought to my attention where pressure is being brought to bear on families to take their loved ones out of hospital beds because of bed closures in the season that is in it. One can understand that it is probably an opportunity to...