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Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: The Minister has acknowledged that this is included.

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: I understand the substance of the amendment and I would like a brief comment on it to show that the Minister has taken on board the issue I raised. To me it seems a more elegant solution to simply allow people who elect a person to represent them to have this included in the Bill. The Minister is saying here that representative bodies elect their representatives and the Minister cannot...

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 5: In page 13, between lines 41 and 42, to insert the following: "(6) Not less than 40 per cent of the members of a Body shall be men and not less than 40 per cent shall be women.". This is an issue I raised on Committee Stage and the Minister indicated she was sympathetic, although she seemed concerned there might not be enough men, rather than women, and that the...

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: The two amendments are the exact same but that does not matter. The Minister indicated she might be able to do something about my amendment on Report Stage and I wondered if she has been able to do so.

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: It is a pity the Minister will not include the proposed provision in the legislation. While I agree that co-decision making and gender balance tends to result in improved decision making, what matters most is not which gender is excluded or in a small minority but the gender imbalance. The Minister is hopeful about the pharmacy sector and her hopes may be well-placed but she should not...

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 7: In page 14, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: "(a) before drafting or giving effect to a code of conduct, consult with bodies which are representative of the pharmacy sector, and with any other person or body the Council considers appropriate,". The amendment proposes to introduce a requirement for consultation in drawing up codes of conduct. A similar...

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 9: In page 16, line 12, to delete "a" where it secondly occurs and substitute "the".

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: I feel a great glow of achievement.

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: I remember going through an entire agricultural Bill and the only point that was accepted was a full-stop I had put in by way of an amendment.

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 10: In page 20, line 35, to delete "may" and substitute "shall". The amendment proposes to change the requirement on the Minister in regard to making regulations. The Bill states: "The Minister may, for the purposes of the health, safety and convenience of the public, make regulations about all or any of the following matters in respect of retail pharmacy businesses"....

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 14: In page 24, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "25.—(1) It shall be an offence for any person carrying on a retail pharmacy business, or any partner, connected relative or connected person, servant or agent of such person— (a) directly or indirectly to make, offer or provide to any medical practitioner or any partner, connected relative or connected...

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: I acknowledge the apology I received from the Bills Office. There was a lot of difficulty on Committee Stage and I appreciate it very much.

Written Answers — Legal Representation: Legal Representation (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concern expressed by the author of new research into the operation of Family Law Courts (details supplied) that the high number of lay litigants in contested family law cases should give rise to the cost of legal representation for those who need it; if he will take...

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (4 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons given anti-social behaviour warnings since the new system came into operation on 1 January 2007; the number of anti-social behaviour orders sought in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12914/07]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: Question 21: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households who have been enabled to purchase a home, under the shared ownership scheme, for each years since 1997 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13262/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: Question 55: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households that have been transferred to the RAS scheme; when he will publish the legislation to underpin the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13261/07]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (5 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the means testing for home care grants and any changes that may have been made to means testing recently; the amount of home care grants given per region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13549/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the delay in providing a cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's Hospital; her further views on the lack of funding given to cystic fibrosis generally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13551/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (5 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the provision of pensions for general practitioners; if this is an adequate provision; her further views on the fact that this pension has not been reviewed for about four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13552/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the publication date for the Report of the National Review of Laboratory Medicine; the reason for the development of hot and cold laboratories; the extent to which private operators will be used for these laboratories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13684/07]