Results 301-320 of 1,253 for speaker:John Crown

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acquired Brain Injuries: Discussion (6 Nov 2014)

John Crown: I am very sorry I missed the presentation. I heard a quick report from the staff in my office. I was detained in the hospital this morning. I know the presentation was very moving and wish the family all the best. One of the key issues in addressing head injuries is to have appropriate acute treatment to minimise the medical consequences when they occur. This country is a disaster for...

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)

John Crown: No, we would encourage people to join different parties.

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)

John Crown: I apologise, but Senator Naughton has mistaken this for a matter on the Adjournment. Could the Leas-Chathaoirleach check the schedule, please?

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)

John Crown: I welcome the Minister. I wish him the best in his efforts to try to reform the health service. The Minister does not need my advice in this regard but I urge him to remain firm and steadfast in respect of the national children's hospital. The decision has been made and the hospital should be built. As I have written and stated on multiple occasions - and I mean no disrespect to anyone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I am conscious of the time constraints under which the Minister is operating and I thank him for agreeing to take supplementary questions. I have been asked by several entities to obtain some clarity around the welcome announcement he made with regard to some of the new hepatitis C drugs available to the subgroup of patients who are facing into the extremely severe prospect of impending...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I am very grateful to the Minister for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I understand the Minister may be downstairs and that I will have an opportunity to speak to him. Therefore, I will not press the amendment today.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to ask the Minister for Health to come to the House to deal with a very urgent matter which I do not believe will wait for two weeks until we are back - namely, the exact timeline for the provision of an early or expanded access programme for the drug sofosbuvir, or Sovaldi, an anti-hepatitis-C drug. In the world of modern medicine we have lots...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Mental Health Services: Mental Health Reform (23 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their good work. Reference was made to the shortfall in the number of psychiatrists. Even if the shortfall were addressed, where would we fit in an international league table of psychiatrists per head of population? For most specialties in medicine we are way off the bottom of the charts. I am sorry to catch the witnesses on the hop and I...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

John Crown: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

John Crown: The whole system is insane.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I will call for a vote to ask the Minister for Social Protection to come to the House to address the matter because this is a national emergency. It may not look like an emergency beside the next election but it certainly will be one.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business seeking the attendance of the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in the House today to outline a timeline on the critical issue of pension reform in light of the data which came out today from the Pensions Authority. Can anyone imagine how absurd it would be if the Stated enshrined, as part of its policy, an enforcement that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I just want a bit of clarity. It is all very well to say we have 12 isolation beds. Since I asked my question, I have received a message stating that two of them are the highest-level containment beds with negative pressure; four others are standard ICU, still negative pressure; and six are in shared rooms. That partially answers the question I was asking. However, what level of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

John Crown: My question was on facilities in the Mater's unit and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I would like an answer to another question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I will ask on air later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

John Crown: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome the Minister. It is very likely that all the reassurance we are getting is entirely correct. It is most unlikely we are going to see any kind of apocalyptic scenario such as has been portrayed by Hollywood with respect to newly emerging viral illnesses. However, it is very plausible that we will get a few cases. It does not require any kind of conspiracy...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I second Senator Mullen's very intelligent and perceptive amendment. I will speak in defence of seconding it. For people of my generation - those who thankfully grew up at a physical distance of 100 miles from but still very much politically in the shadow of the Northern Ireland conflict - those folks who espoused reconciliation and compromise are unsung heroes who were the true...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

John Crown: I wish to verify that I am proposing an amendment.