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Seanad: Transplant Patient Services: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

John Crown: I thank the Minister for coming in at short notice. I know it is difficult. I should mention at the outset that I have a dog in this fight, as they say in the vernacular, because I am a member of staff at St. Vincent's Hospital. In that capacity, I would like to welcome the new unit at the hospital and the new service that will be offered in our institution. I am trying to see beyond that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 May 2015)

John Crown: ...Ireland, how many are in Portlaoise hospital and how many are in that hospital group? Another question must be asked of all of us in this room, and obviously this is a fight in which I have had a dog recently. Would anybody want their child to be born in a hospital where a neonatal intensive care unit or a neonatologist specialist paediatrician was not available should they be necessary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of National Rare Disease Plan 2014-18: Discussion (26 Feb 2015)

John Crown: ...in terms of building internationally recognised units, but we do not approach the issue systematically. I have to say something about the national centre for medical genetics because I have a dog in this fight. We use genetics services, primarily historic, for breast cancer patients where we notice a suspicious family history and want to find out if the patient has a genetic syndrome...

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)

John Crown: .... He is the sole shareholder of the VHI, which has partly contributed to this situation. The Minister must examine the question of waiting lists. He is an impressive young man and I am an older dog. I believe very firmly that waiting lists are the business plan of the HSE. It is built into the structure. When people are on the waiting list they are free. When they come off the...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

John Crown: ...freckled Irish person has when he or she is deciding whether to go to a tanning parlour is the advice that he or she receives from the fellow who is flogging the time on the bed and therefore has a dog in the fight. This legislation would at least impose an obligation on such a person to see a doctor and get medical advice about it. One of the best ways of dealing with this is for people...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

John Crown: On a point of order, I second the request made by Senator MacSharry. I have no political dog in this fight but everyone knows what is going on here.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

John Crown: ...of credit from the banks. There are many measures that can be taken. In one fell swoop we could fix this problem by cutting one half of the ¤55 million we spend every year on greyhounds and dogs.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

John Crown: ...on the property ladder at all costs." At the time, rather few of them understood when they were stepping onto that ladder, that the advice they were taking was being provided by people who had a dog in the fight - people who were deliberately giving them unwise advice because they were making money from that advice being acted upon. For that reason, it is critically important in looking...

Seanad: Report of Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments: Statements (24 Apr 2012)

John Crown: ...still "our guy" and, on balance, he has it right. As a medical student and young doctor, I often heard this said about a certain politician who shall remain nameless. As it was famously said, the dogs in the street knew this person's conduct of his private financial affairs was not beyond reproach, yet he remained untouched for many years. One frequently encountered the attitude that he...