Results 41-60 of 1,094 for speaker:Camillus Glynn

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jun 2010)

Camillus Glynn: I agree with Senator Keaveney's remarks on the products that are now being sold in head-shops. I do not know what the legislative position is, but anybody who sells any substance - legally or otherwise - which provokes an adverse reaction, should be held accountable. It is time we had another debate on this issue. There have been some improvements as about 60% of head shops have closed,...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Camillus Glynn: I support Senator Mullen's remarks on head shops. Yesterday I raised the issue of three or four young people who had been admitted to Mullingar Regional Hospital over the weekend. I hope to be in a position to inform the House on the nature of the substance involved. Senator Mullen is correct in stating new products are coming on the market which are not covered by legislation. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Camillus Glynn: I compliment RTE on the "Prime Time Investigates" programme broadcast last night which brought into clear focus the serious dangers with which our children are confronted, especially children who use the Internet. Regrettably, many towns nationwide were cited as places in which people preyed on young innocent children. It is clear that urgent action must be taken to eliminate this practice....

Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

Camillus Glynn: Having viewed the television programme last night I, like other colleagues, am very uncomfortable, to say the least, at what I heard and saw. There is obviously a ploy in regard to what the HSE does relevant to facilities. Local management, including administrative and nursing management, make a request to the HSE for the upgrading of facilities, which does not come about. Subsequently,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2010)

Camillus Glynn: I strongly support Senators Hannigan and Dearey who spoke about the redress scheme for the victims of Dr. Michael Neary. Some years ago, when I was a member of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, Patient Focus addressed it on the atrocities which had been committed by this individual. What it had to say would be material for a horror film. It is nonsense that women over 40 years of...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2010)

Camillus Glynn: On a number of occasions I have sought a debate on the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the reform of the electoral system. It is a worthy report and I ask the Leader to invite the Minister, Deputy Gormley, to come to the House to discuss it. When an election is held, there is a barrage of complaints about people being left off...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 May 2010)

Camillus Glynn: Like several of my colleagues on all sides of the House, I am not disposed to any interference to with the old age pension. At issue are the people who built this State. It is not a good thing that they should even be put under the remotest threat of having their old age pensions interfered with in the winter of their years. They contributed to those pensions and worked many years to pay...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Camillus Glynn: The Senator can dream on.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Camillus Glynn: We all appreciate that, in the current economic climate, many people have needed to take a reduction in wages, including Members of the Houses, the public service in general and the private sector. However, strong evidence suggests that some employers have used the recession to reduce working hours and staff pay unfairly. I have been made aware of a particular instance in which not only...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Camillus Glynn: I strongly support the remarks of Senators O'Toole and Wilson on the announcement of the Minister for Health and Children on head shops. We have the dubious honour in Mullingar of having two such shops, one of which is brazen enough to advertise that it can advise people on how to grow their own products. Such brazenness is unrivalled. I welcome, in particular, the sanctions proposed by...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Camillus Glynn: There is some interference.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Camillus Glynn: The Senator is right.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Camillus Glynn: It is an April fool's joke.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Camillus Glynn: I strongly support the call for the banning of methadrone. In the United Kingdom, no fewer than 26 people, mostly young, have lost their lives as a result of taking this substance. A Commons committee has recommended that it be made a class B drug, which is a step in the right direction. We are in a race against time and must act with great haste to ensure this substance is put where it...

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (Resumed) (11 Mar 2010)

Camillus Glynn: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chuir roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach agus comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis as ucht an dea-obair atá déanta aige mar gheall ar an ábhar seo. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Curran. I thank my colleagues for the frank and open manner in which they have given their views pertaining to this important matter. We need many things in society but head shops are...

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (Resumed) (11 Mar 2010)

Camillus Glynn: The Minister of State mentioned drugs sent in the post. Some years ago, when I was spokesperson on health and children, I published a report on the harmful effects on society of pharmaceuticals. One of the issues raised was the ordering of drugs on-line, to which the Minister of State referred briefly. I would like him to elaborate because this problem must be tackled in a serious way.

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (Resumed) (11 Mar 2010)

Camillus Glynn: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 23 March 2010.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Camillus Glynn: Over the years, we have held many debates on rural dwellings. Each of my colleagues in the House will be aware of derelict houses, many of them old local authority houses, throughout the countryside. Will the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, attend a debate on this matter in the House? Many people who would like to live in the countryside have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Camillus Glynn: Absolutely.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

Camillus Glynn: I have no problem, Senator, none whatsoever.