Results 1,201-1,220 of 1,253 for speaker:John Crown
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)
John Crown: To answer Senator Ã'Domhnaill's query, the reason I raised it is that when I started in the House, I was informed we were not supposed to read prepared scripts. I noticed Senator Mullen's eloquent, powerful-----
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I am being courteous to Senator à Domhnaill who asked a question of me. Senator Mullen read a densely typed script. I will put my cards on the table. I was raised a Catholic, I served as an altar boy and I was a member of the Legion of Mary. I received a wonderful education from the Sisters of St. Joseph in New York, the Irish Christian Brothers and Carmelite priests. I never once...
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I really do not want to trivialise this debate. On a point of order, could the Acting Chairman clarify for me whether we are allowed to read speeches verbatim from scripts?
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)
John Crown: It is a matter of convention and not of Standing Orders.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)
John Crown: On a point of order, this is way down the list on the scale of things in my life about which I am embarrassed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I want to wish all of my colleagues who do not have day jobs a very nice summer recess. I will have a little time off in the coming weeks but I suspect that my day job will take precedence. I would have thought that with the decamping of the "junior" House to Ballybrit, the temporary fatwa the press corps has imposed on the Seanad Ãireann might have been lifted today. Judging by the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I wish to inform the House that an important person in Irish medicine passed away this morning. Professor James Fennelly was the first medical oncologist, founder of cancer medicine in Ireland, who I am sure treated the relatives of many Members of this House. Not only was he the first but for 15 years he was the only medical oncologist in the Republic of Ireland. I could not let the...
- Seanad: Residential Institutions (Redress) Bill 2011: Second Stage (19 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I do not want to sound corny but believe it is great pleasure to have the opportunity to serve in the same Oireachtas as the Minister, Deputy Quinn. I have regarded him for some time as the perfect model of the modern social democrat and have great confidence in his ability to implement an important agenda. I hope he will not think me unduly personal in saying the skill and great energy he...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)
John Crown: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Health to come to the House to explain to us in the context of lengthy briefings he will give us on matters we wish to bring his attention what is the current status and the health of the VHI? I was giving this some thought recently. The single biggest catastrophe that could happen to the public health system would be if anything were to happen to the...
- Seanad: A Vision for Change: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I thank the Minister of State. Without sounding like a broken record, it is very welcome to have a person in her position with such a commitment to the cause of reform in this area where reform is greatly needed. I was moved by Senator Moran's contribution. As she was speaking, I did a very sad mental inventory and I could think immediately of eight medical students, doctors or nurses I...
- Seanad: Smoking Ban (13 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I will take about 20 seconds of the four minutes allocated to me to state I am very supportive of Senator Cullinane's Adjournment matter. There is an extraordinary team of doctors working in oncology in Waterford Regional Hospital, and it has three of the hardest working oncologists. Those women are incredibly well trained and have done a wonderful job with routine care and the involvement...
- Seanad: Smoking Ban (13 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I understand how legislative priorities can vary. Any delay in this regard would lead to real and quantifiable health problems for individuals. I suggested the other day that it would be easy to amend the original 2002 Act by including two one-line paragraphs. The first paragraph would ban smoking in vehicles in the presence of children, which is the conservative position. The second...
- Seanad: Mobile Phones: Motion (13 Jul 2011)
John Crown: Given that I am a cancer expert, I feel obliged to say a few words in discussing a potential carcinogenesis. I was impressed with Senators' grasp of the confusing scientific literature. Obviously, people have thought this through and I want to reassure them by saying the medical profession is as confused as any other. The data are not clear that there is a risk. There is a sound first...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I did not have an opportunity to consult HIQA on the mortality figures in local hospitals, but the closure of services in Roscommon is a critical issue. I am not an instinctive "save our hospital" type of person because calm, rational and systematic decisions need to be made about the configuration of hospital services. However, these decisions must keep in mind two key variables. The...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)
John Crown: The three most senior people in government promised that the unit would be kept open and then abruptly changed their policy on the basis of data which I believe are not correct. Furthermore, it has just been reported on radio that Mr. Patrick McHugh stated HIQA had never visited or inspected this hospital. A representative from HIQA was put on the spot on the radio programme and it has said...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)
John Crown: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I may be out of order and, if I am, I ask the Acting Chairman to indulge a freshman Senator ill-informed with the standard operating procedures. I take this opportunity to raise with the Minister of State a matter with respect to the Bill which through my own inattention I should have raised at an earlier stage in the proceedings. I call on the Government, while it is still possible, to...
- Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I understand and acknowledge that but I wish to take the opportunity to get the message to the Minister. The Minister of State and the Dáil still have the opportunity to make amendments and I call on the Minister of State to bring this to the Minister's attention. This could be an important amendment and I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for indulging me in raising the matter somewhat out of...
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)
John Crown: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)
John Crown: I am shocked.