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Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

John Gilroy: Privatising Irish Water.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acute Hospital Services: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: I welcome back Professor Higgins, Mr. O'Flynn and Mr. O'Dwyer. Deputy Mitchell O'Connor was concerned about the process being entangled in bureaucracy, as happened with the national children's hospital. However, Mr. O'Flynn has gone about his work in a dynamic and collaborative way and I believe he has brought most people on board with him. I congratulate him in this regard because he has...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister. I am glad the Bill has at last come into the Chamber. It is very far reaching and the Minister is to be commended for his diligence and doggedness in pursuing the measures proposed in the Bill. To discover that Ireland is in the top five countries in Europe for alcohol consumption is no surprise. The other four share a commonality with us in that we are all...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: Reference was made to young people being harmful drinkers but I suspect if one was to visit hostelries in Dublin or any part of the country, one would find that most of those who indulge in harmful drinking are not in the first flush of youth. The problem is not exclusive to any age group, class or cohort of people. I am interested in the relationship between mental health and alcohol. In...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: I take a different view from my colleague, Senator Norris regarding the antics of our esteemed Deputies in Limerick yesterday and last night. We are in no position as legislators to pick and choose which laws we uphold and which ones we prefer to ignore. Encroaching----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: Encroaching within the restricted area of the airport certainly may put aircraft at risk. The security fence is there for a purpose. I do not think my colleagues in the other House do their cause very much good by grandstanding in this manner. We can argue the rights and wrongs of the use of Shannon and the problems in the Middle East. Perhaps we should have a debate here in the new year...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: The party of which the Senator is a member has rewritten the history of its party well enough.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: No, I am ashamed of it.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: They have been referred to here in the Seanad by the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: They have no choice.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: Did Senator Wilson get the last one?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: It is not acceptable.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: I gave four examples of wealth tax.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (9 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: That is not the Minister of State's fault.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: Senator van Turnhout's amendment has definite merit. I have worked with the mental health services for nearly 30 years.It is anomalous to preclude a person suffering from major mental illness from the safety of a health care directive. Major, enduring and relapsing mental illnesses are often accompanied by loss of insight by the person suffering from the condition and it is at that very...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Dec 2015)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Bill. It is good to see that it travelled unopposed through the other House and is likely to do so through this House as well. I am not a great fan of health insurance at all but, in the absence of anything else, it is the best system we have at the moment. Senator Byrne is quite right in drawing our attention to the need to overhaul, to use his language, the entire health...

Seanad: Services for People with Asthma: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. It is a very good and important motion, which I welcome. I thank the proposer and seconder for introducing it here. I find myself in full agreement with all that previous speakers have said. I agree particularly with Senator Ó Murchú, who said that we all think we know plenty about asthma until we actually do a bit of research into...

Seanad: United Nations Principles for Older Persons: Motion (21 Oct 2015)

John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State. This motion is timely and valuable and I thank the Senators who tabled it. Sometimes old age is seen as a burden.

Seanad: United Nations Principles for Older Persons: Motion (21 Oct 2015)

John Gilroy: That might be as well.