Results 281-300 of 1,094 for speaker:Camillus Glynn

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: A few years ago, the Labour Party advocated An Bord Sláinte with no local representation whatsoever.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The Labour Party has convenient amnesia.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: It is not true there will be no consultation. The consultative forums will work. When the boards were set up, the very same people——

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: As I said on Second Stage, all that has changed is the date. The same things were said. The county councils were discontinued as the agents for delivering health services and the boards were established. However, in their 34 years the boards have, in the main, been responsible for the creation and provision of much specialist care in respective regions which would never have been provided...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The Senator is not the only one.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: So do I.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I am delighted with the Minister's response. Nobody is better placed to interpret what the services need than the staff delivering them. For example, a training hospital may be short of nurses or doctors. Given that the health service executive will be responsible for the delivery of services in such institutions, it would be up to it, and under legislation it is obliged, to involve itself in...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The current system is not working.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: In the event of the CEO being incapacitated for whatever reason, has he or she power to designate his or her authority to another member of the board?

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: He or she should be happy to carry out the job.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Will the Leader invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children into the House to debate type two diabetes? Recent reports indicate that the incidence of this condition is on the increase, affecting up to 4% of the population. Those who have it are often unaware and its secondary effects can include blindness and gangrene of the lower limbs. It is closely associated with obesity.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Motion for Earlier Signature. (16 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I thank the Minister of State for the great knowledge he has displayed of his brief in his work on this Bill. It was a pleasure for Senator Phelan and I, as Government spokespersons, to hear the Minister of State reply to the points made by Members on all sides of the House. I thank him and his officials.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I support the views expressed by Senator Ó Murchú, which I will not repeat. I was disappointed to read in at least one of the national newspapers that in the saga of overcharging by the banks another new chapter has been added. The charge applicable to transactions at convenience ATMs in the department stores and supermarkets is five or six times the charge normally applicable to those at...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Convenient amnesia is alive and well and living in Fine Gael. It is important to remember that whatever we do in terms of introducing legislation must be fair and equitable. I do not believe the blame game will do much good. However, we must accept that charging patients in long-stay institutions has been ongoing for many years. The Government is introducing this legislation because it is...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Under the shelter and maintenance scheme this has being ongoing for years. Senator Browne is correct in pointing out that our population is ageing. As we are living longer and families are getting smaller, it is axiomatic that the number of older persons in society will be on the increase. To address this matter the Government introduced the national pension reserve fund. Senator Browne...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The rainbow coalition Government gave the old-age pensioners only £7, approximately €9, in three years.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The facts speak for themselves. The Senator referred to medical cards. I remind him that a medical card is an income-related facility. The many thousands of people who have entered the workforce have gone outside the terms of eligibility. Fine Gael chided the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children for changes to the medical card scheme. However, this is a very important step. We all...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I can speak with experience and knowledge. I found it reprehensible that on the death of a patient who had not seen a visitor for years, when the relatives could be located the first question they would ask was whether the deceased left any money. It was a nauseating situation, which I encountered far too often for my liking. I am sure Deputies Finneran and Connolly from the other House would...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Fine Gael did nothing about the problem.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: That is correct.