Results 1,881-1,900 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: I detect a certain level of excitability on the Fianna Fáil benches. Perhaps they might benefit from being led by the Chair in some deep breathing exercises before the Order of Business. I would like to ask the Leader a serious question which perhaps he might raise with the Minister for Health. I understand the competing demands on the Minister's time and our scarce health care...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: It was unconstitutional.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: They decided six months ago.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: Who are they?
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: That would be the Fianna Fáil Party.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: It may have slipped the Leader's mind but I suggested we bring the Comptroller and Auditor General into the Chamber every year for a discussion.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: I have two questions for the Leader, one of which is specific and the other general. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General again draws our attention to the confusion that is the fair deal nursing home support scheme, which scheme is vital for a great number of our older people and their families. Perhaps the Leader could ascertain from the Minister how the National Treatment...
- Seanad: Investment in Science, Technology and Innovation: Statements (11 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. It is a very significant move on the part of the Government to appoint a Minister of State with responsibility for this area and I can think of no better qualified person. We hear a great deal of talk about the smart economy and innovation and this sector has a significant role to play in our economic recovery. This matter has come up...
- Seanad: Investment in Science, Technology and Innovation: Statements (11 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: At the end.
- Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. It is good to see that we are at last beginning to turn the corner, as indicated by the good news outlined in the Minister's speech. I propose to focus on an issue which is somewhat under the radar but nevertheless important. Before doing so, I take the opportunity to register my bemusement at Senator O'Brien claiming credit for recapitalising the...
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: A minority-----
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: I suggest the Senator has not read it.
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. We appreciate that he is a frequent visitor. I will take the opportunity to second and discuss the Government amendment. Given the Sinn Féin motion and the Fianna Fáil amendment, it is interesting that two parties representing strands of Nationalist and republican opinion find it difficult to agree on the nature of nationalism and republicanism....
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: Yes. Second, whoever wrote the motion might not be fully familiar with the terms and conditions set out in the Good Friday Agreement. On closer inspection, it appears that whoever wrote the motion has not read the Agreement at all. The principles underlying the Good Friday Agreement are those of reconciliation, trust and mutual tolerance without an agreed idea of what the nation is. The...
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Gilroy: It is good for Senator à Clochartaigh to be gracious. I happily second the Government amendment. I am favourably disposed towards the motion in general, but I am unable to support it in its current form. Its full implications have not been fully thought out by the proposers, but I look forward to hearing more during the debate.
- Seanad: European Financial Stability Facility Bill and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages. (22 Sep 2011)
John Gilroy: I thank the Minister of State for attending. I welcome the robust and interesting debate we had. I do not share Senator Barrett's analysis if I understand it correctly. It is a debate for another day but the notion that no country would welcome an inflow of capital should be rejected. That makes no sense and, therefore, I surely have misunderstood his argument. This important legislation...
- Seanad: European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (22 Sep 2011)
John Gilroy: I will start by assuring Senator Byrne that if he detects a measure of disquiet on this side of the House, it is not any desire on our behalf to interfere with his procedural and democratic rights; it is more a measure of disquiet at the petulant manner in which he sometimes calls a quorum. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The amendment relates to a technical change and does not...
- Seanad: European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (22 Sep 2011)
John Gilroy: -----by some type of utopian economic promise from Sinn Féin. As an act of solidarity we have supported the stabilisation funds and now find ourselves receiving â¬67 billion. We will hear much fine talk about burning bondholders, walking away from our obligations as a State and perhaps pulling out of the euro but the question remains, and it has not been addressed by those who advocate...