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Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: It will not be vested in the individual hospitals.

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I would like the Minister of State to clear up another matter. He said that the Government has accepted the pharmacy review group's recommendation about the beneficial interests of those dispensing and prescribing. Does the Minister of State not find it strange that the Government has missed the boat in this regard? Last year, the Tánaiste opened a clinic in which there is an obvious...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I remind the Minister of State that money talks in matters of this nature. The centre opened by the Tánaiste last year is owned by a single company. It has a commercial interest in the pharmacy downstairs and it is leasing the rooms upstairs to general practitioners for low rents. I accept that the company does not instruct the doctors to churn out a certain number of prescriptions every...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 7: In page 7, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "(b) in subsection (1), by inserting the following new paragraph (g): "(g) to make it the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital to which a staff member referred to in paragraph (f) is attached, to ensure that that staff member has received the requisite training and education to allow...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: This is an important point. We talk about giving nurses additional permission to prescribe. Doctors already have this, but many consultants in our hospitals work almost as independent contractors. There is an unmerciful amount of freedom. At question time in this House before Christmas, the Tánaiste stated quite categorically that she was completely against whistleblower's legislation. What...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Is there a difficulty with making the CEO of a hospital accountable for the actions of the staff? Is there a difficulty with accepting my amendment or is it just that the Minister of State does not want to accept it?

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 8: In page 8, to delete lines 6 to 8 and substitute the following: "(b) in the case of a body corporate, the Chief Executive Officer of that body.".". This amendment follows on from amendment No. 7 in the sense that it places responsibility back onto the chief executive of the body with regard to accountability. Since the Minister opposed the previous amendment, I assume...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Does the Health Act 2004 not provide some format whereby the chief executive can delegate responsibility to people under his management in either a hospital or the HSE?

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Therefore, the CEO is responsible.

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 9: In page 29, between lines 42 and 43, to insert the following: "18.—(1) It shall be an offence— (a) for any person or body corporate to send or cause to be sent by use of the ordinary postal service, any medicinal product, where the sale of such a medicinal product is concerned, or where there is financial reward for the person or body corporate so sending the...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 12: In page 36, line 10, after "examination" to insert ", including dental health examination,". This is an issue we considered on Committee Stage with regard to examinations. I wished to include dental health examinations. Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 are related to this and they take into account dental service providers at primary and secondary level. The Minister of...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I did not mean to contradict Deputy Ó Caoláin but when he mentioned an issue concerning midwives, I wished to add to it. Does the legislation cover midwives who work at home in the community and who are not connected with a hospital? These midwives would deal with antenatal care in the home. On amendment No. 12, there is a serious problem with regard to dental examinations which the...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I will withdraw this amendment as the next two are tied to it and I will press those.

Written Answers — Literacy Levels: Literacy Levels (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the key findings of the recently published Succeeding in Reading report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5574/06]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (16 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5634/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (16 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Ireland's application for a derogation under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5635/06]

Written Answers — Electricity Sector: Electricity Sector (21 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the nature of discussions which have taken place between his Department, the ESB or other energy providers with particular reference to the ESB's role in the generation and transmission of electricity in the future; if it is intended to publish the Deloitte and Touche report; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (21 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to extend availability of radio and television transmissions outside this jurisdiction on a free to air basis or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6652/06]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 304 of 31 January 2006, if retired nurses should receive payment of deducted pensions during the period 1 May 2005 to 20 October 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6312/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive or former health boards had direct involvement in the management of hospitals that were penalised for failing to reach targets under the case mix system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6313/06]