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Seanad: Mortgage Credit (Loans and Bonds) Bill 2012: Second Stage (17 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: Senator MacSharry is being unfair.

Seanad: Mortgage Credit (Loans and Bonds) Bill 2012: Second Stage (17 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, to the Chamber. It is great to see him again. I am pleased to have an opportunity to discuss this innovative legislation. It is always worthwhile spending time examining the approaches taken in other jurisdictions. I commend Senator Sean Barrett on affording us an opportunity to discuss this issue, even if I called down many maledictions on...

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (17 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, to the Chamber. I will start by welcoming that he put into the arena here the figure that will give the lie to information that is always being quoted by those who are not in favour of reform around alcohol consumption in Ireland, that is, that ¤3.4 billion is the economic alcohol-related cost to the economy. When one says so, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: That is nonsense.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: Will the Senator withdraw the motion?

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: The Senator is judging the Government by his own standards.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: The Senator still voted with the Government.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: When did the Senator not vote against any policy? He did not vote against any policy.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: It is based on equality and need.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I find Senator MacSharry's concern for the Labour Party deeply touching and I thank him for it. His contrived annoyance becomes a little threadbare when we take a look at his own side and point out to him the lack of senatorial colleagues of his own party-----

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: -----who have come into the House to support him. We could also mention Dungloe and ask Senator Ó Domhnaill if he has identified any sites in that area-----

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: -----or shall we take the Senator at his word and place the primary health care centre in a three-bedroom, semi-detached house, as he is proposing?

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: That would not be my intention. I welcome the motion before us because it gives us a good opportunity to discuss primary health care and it is probably the most important element of health care delivery that we can examine and it is also a very important part of the programme for Government. However, the blatant and undisguised party politicisation of the debate is to be regretted, and I am...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: Where are they? Who owns them?

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: Amendment No. 18 is worth exploring more and I would be anxious to hear the Minister's comments. Surprisingly, I agree with Senator MacSharry's comments on amendment No. 19.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: It is rather remarkable in that regard. It would be a recipe for chaos for the director general to be publicly at odds with the policy of his or her own Department. I would like to hear something more about amendment No. 18.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: The Senator supported the policies.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: Paranoia.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: Implicit in the section is what the amendment proposes. The amendment touches on being tautological.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

John Gilroy: We were doing well until Senator Byrne arrived.