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Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: That is right.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: A partnership Government.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: Senator Henry is correct that the two professions, physiotherapist and physical therapist, are totally different. They have different educational criteria and requirements for entry. Both also admit that they do separate jobs. I cannot understand how they could be synonymous in anyone's reading. My reading and the advice from the Department is that if the amendment is agreed, the issue will...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: This debate is interesting and useful. The Disability Bill is currently going through the Dáil. I have a great interest in that as Minister of State with responsibility for disability services. One of the problems I meet in my area is the lack of therapists in this regard. We need more therapists, not just in this area but in psychotherapy and many other areas. We need more professional...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: Yes.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I do not think it would be covered under the law.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: For the information of the House, as none of the Senators referred to this, I understand physical therapists are employed by some health boards and are doing an excellent job for quite some time in situations where health boards could not employ physiotherapists because they were not available.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I am prepared to accept in principle the increase in fine proposed by Senator Browne in amendment No. 25, subject to further discussion with the Office of the Attorney General. If the office is in agreement I will table an appropriate amendment on Report Stage. However, in the case of the proposal that a provision be inserted to allow the Minister to increase the fine in accordance with...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: The operation of grandparenting provisions will be critical to the effective establishment of a system of statutory registration. If a person applies for registration under this section, that is through a grandparenting process, he or she must, in addition to possessing a listed qualification or alternatively completing a test of professional competence, satisfy the board that he or she is a...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: They must prove their competence.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I have been lobbied by several groups which are not among the 12 specified in the Bill. This is an enabling Bill and the Minister for Health and Children will give due consideration to the requirements of public safety as well as the fact that we lack therapists in certain areas who are needed to provide proper services to the public. If the Bill is passed, the three groups about which we...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I am aware of the views of the Association of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland on the desirability of postgraduate qualifications for all biochemists and its advocacy of extensive related changes to the biochemist grading structure. However, Schedule 3 must continue to take account of current stated arrangements to accommodate the registration of existing practitioners within the time frame...

Seanad: UN Reform. (8 Dec 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I thank Senator Mooney for raising this matter on the Adjournment. The Senator's question relates to one of the criteria for reform of membership of the United Nations Security Council proposed in the recent report of the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's high level panel on threats, challenges and change. By way of background, I should mention that the high level panel was established in...

Seanad: Schools Refurbishment. (8 Dec 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I thank Senator Ulick Burke for giving me the opportunity of outlining my Department's plans on the proposed extension project at Moyglass national school, Loughrea, County Galway. At present the school has a principal, one mainstream class teacher and one shared support teacher. The enrolment on 30 September 2004 was 37. The school authorities were authorised to proceed to tender for the...

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation. (8 Dec 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I am pleased to take this opportunity to clarify the matter relating to the provision of beds at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, NRH, Dún Laoghaire. The provision of health-related services for people with disabilities, physical, sensory or intellectual, and for those with autism is a matter for the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the health boards. The Sisters of Mercy founded...

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation. (8 Dec 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I am not responsible for the impressions which Senator Browne gets from my reply. The services provided by the staff at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire have been acknowledged nationally and internationally. As I stated in my reply, the Government plans to provide a much bigger hospital at that location. There have been many advances in technology in terms of new...

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation. (8 Dec 2004)

Tim O'Malley: Yes, they are.

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation. (8 Dec 2004)

Tim O'Malley: Yes.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I am not prepared to accept this amendment and, in any event, I am unclear as to the intent behind it. The main focus of the provisions of sections 55 and 73 is on the offence of disclosure of information to third parties, which might have a harmful effect. A range of penalties is provided for, depending on the circumstances relating to the illegal disclosure. There is no suggestion in these...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2004)

Tim O'Malley: The purpose of these amendments is to make corresponding changes to section 73 which contain similar confidentiality provisions to those in section 55. The purpose behind both amendments is to align the text of sections 73(2) and (4) with the corresponding provisions in section 55, which have been similarly amended.