Results 181-200 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister to the House. There is no doubt that our accident and emergency departments are facing significant challenges but it is rather bizarre to be lectured by Fianna Fáil on the issue. It is telling that when Senator MacSharry spoke, he made reference to the current Minister for Health and his predecessors but stopped just before he came to the architect of the HSE,...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: --- and that it is only tricks and stealth that he is involved in. However, any reasonable person ---
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: --- would say that the current Minister is a straight-talking, dedicated public servant with no agenda other than fixing the problems that we have. It would be ungenerous of Fianna Fáil not to acknowledge that. Indeed, it would be ungenerous of anyone not to acknowledge it. The problems within the health service cannot be solved immediately, contrary to the simplistic suggestion put...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: We need to deal with reality. The first point to make, which has not been mentioned yet, is that political responsibility rests with the Minister for Health. He will be judged on his performance and how he handles not just the accident and emergency crisis but the myriad of other challenges, rather than crises, in our health system. The term "crisis" can be overwhelming and can lead to an...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: The Acting Chairman looked at me with despair on his face when he heard me say that. I understand the problem is complex and is not amenable to simple solutions. It is certainly not amenable to having money thrown at it, which is what Fianna Fáil did over the course of its tenure in Government and Members have seen the results of that. It certainly did not cure the problem and...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: It is true.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Is the Senator saying he should go up there himself now?
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: We are just pointing out-----
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: He said that before the election. He acknowledged that it would take two terms.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: The Senator has mentioned parsing statements. He is parsing the facts.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Does Sinn Féin have a single positive thing to say?
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Bill. The points made by my colleague, Senator Ó Domhnaill, are particularly worthy of support and the delivery of them here, without any hyperbole, in a calm manner, is exactly how we should conduct our business in this House. It is a great opportunity for the Seanad to give expression to the wishes of the Magdalen women and the Labour Party and Government are very keen...
- Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: He is doing it here.
- Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: The Bill is a decent piece of legislation and goes a long way towards levelling the playing field. Senator O'Brien is 100% right in what he has said. Not a Senator in the House would disagree that the gambling element of the betting industry needs to be regulated. We all know of heartbreaking cases of gambling addiction which need to be dealt with urgently. As we stated earlier, we could...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Following what Senator Gerard P. Craughwell said, it is important that the House recognise the authority of the Attorney General's position. I am not talking about the Attorney General.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I am not speaking about the person of the Attorney General but the Office of the Attorney General. It certainly is allowable to speak in this Chamber about the Office of the Attorney General or any public office. The idea that the Attorney General's advice is sometimes wrong is uncontestable. It is challenged at Supreme Court level and sometimes found that it is not what it is. However,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I support the proposal made by Senator Gerard P. Craughwell that we have a discussion on the matter. The idea that the Attorney General wakes up in the morning and forms an opinion shows a blatant misunderstanding of how the Office of the Attorney General arrives at conclusions. It comprises 35 legal officers-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: The Office of the Attorney General is a legitimate topic for discussion, the person of the Attorney General is not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: Is the Office of the Attorney General not an allowable topic of discussion?
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: I cannot accept that ruling. I will accept it, of course, but-----