Results 981-1,000 of 1,253 for speaker:John Crown
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
John Crown: I speak with a very heavy heart about this and I am sorry if I am taking the risk of hurting the feelings of any of my colleagues. As the only hospital specialist medical consultant and the only medical doctor who is not a member of the dominant party of government in the Oireachtas, I feel I must give the independent opinion I was mandated to give when elected on a health issue which has...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
John Crown: With no disrespect to the individuals involved, Ireland is small and so too is our medical community. With approximately 2,000 consultants, it is well known that it is notoriously difficult whenever any medical-legal issue arises in Ireland to get an Irish doctor to give any testimony about any other Irish doctor because there is a better than batting average chance they have been in medical...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
John Crown: In a situation like this where there may be an influence on legislation, there is a significant influence on the poor family who so sadly lost their daughter and wife. They have already expressed their displeasure and lack of satisfaction with the composition of the panel. Before this goes any further, we need to let it be known that this is just not satisfactory. I will be pressing for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
John Crown: Yes, this is a proposal for an amendment to the Order of Business.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: With the greatest respect, I will not accept the amendment. I wish to press for a recorded vote on the original motion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: No. It is not agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: I am not sure of the procedure. Is there a recorded vote on the original motion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: Is there a recorded vote on the original motion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: Can I press that there be a record of the vote?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: I want members' votes to be recorded.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: I will ask a seconder to come in for a vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: I will call a vote but I will speak to the motion before we vote. On a point of information, nowhere in this motion is a date suggested. It has always been our intention that we would agree that this is what we will do and that we will fix a date. It should not be some vague, indeterminate date. We should pick a date such as 1 March or 1 July and give people a chance to make alternative...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: They do not. They can stop smoking. They can choose not to have a cigarette. There is a circular argument going on here. People think they are enhancing the safety and security of people by facilitating their committing slow suicide by smoking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: That is absurd. It is nonsensical. That is what people are saying. If the members love and cherish the staff who work in Leinster House they will do everything in their power to encourage them to overcome their addiction. I have taken soundings from many of the staff in Leinster House and I am rather more sympathetic to the staff than I am to the parliamentarians for many reasons. I have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: I would be open to people saying they support the amendment and fixing a date some time in 2013. I will not be supportive of anything else. If there is an amendment on bringing in smoking cessation programmes for the staff and parliamentarians in Leinster House I will support it, but not as some kind of a horse trade-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: My motion does not suggest a date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: There are four, which have outdoor heaters paid for by the taxpayer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
John Crown: I move: That the Joint Committee on Health and Children calls for a ban on smoking on the Leinster House campus. I seek the support of my colleagues for the motion, the reasons for which will be obvious. There are 1,500 deaths caused by lung cancer in Ireland every year. It is far and away the leading cause of death from cancer and arguably the leading cause of death. In the absence of...