Results 4,721-4,740 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: No, it is not another mistake, it is a typing issue. The statements are to be taken at 2.40 p.m today and the order shall not resume thereafter. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on No. 18a shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 50 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) subject to (ii), the...
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I have no difficulty in allocating more time for questions on this issue. I am more than happy to answer any questions Deputies have. Subject to agreement, I am pleased to take questions for half an hour, if that is in order. I wish, however, to put matters in perspective. At the start of 2005, the former health boards announced an overspend of more than â¬200 million for the previous year...
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: Some two weeks ago, at approximately the same time as the Minister for Finance. I can let Deputy Kenny know the date later; it was the week before last.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: During a meeting with Professor Drumm earlier that week, it appeared the revenue allocated equated to the revenue spent and that there was a surplus of â¬56 million on the capital side. A day or two later, it emerged this may not be the case. As we know, Government accounting is extraordinarily complicated and the exact picture will not emerge until the final accounts are signed off by the...
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I will deal with this in greater detail later. If the position indicated by the Minister is confirmed at the end of March, we must come forward with a Supplementary Estimate for that amount.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: That is not true.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: There will be a need for legislation. The Government is anxious to provide the Garda with all the powers required to deal with this matter. There were and are constitutional issues. However, there is a way to deal with the matter which the Attorney General has advised will be within the spirit of the Constitution. The Minister for Transport will bring forward legislation as quickly as...
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: There must be legal advice.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The advice of the Attorney General has changed.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Attorney General has now advised the Minister for Transport that it will be possible to bring in a form of legislation to give this power to the Garda, but the legislation must be passed first. It is the Minister's wish to have this done before the summer of this year.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I can confirm that the Bill will be published this year. While significant advances have been made in the legislation, the Department of Health and Children has a huge legislative agenda and clearly some issues have taken priority. The Bill will be published, as will the Medical Council legislation. In advance of the legislation, I have used the Irish Medicines Board legislation to give...
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The legislation will be published this year. Whether it is mine or any other Member's constituency, the law must apply without fear or favour. I support the decision of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in this case.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I support the Minister in this case.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: Not in the circumstances.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy is grossly exaggerating the situation by trying to tell me that pharmacists are causing a danger to the public. I had a very good meeting with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union about that matter last week.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy should not exaggerate what is a very minor issue.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: It is a tiny number. I have agreed to meet the pharmaceutical union.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The land and conveyancing Bill will be published this year.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: After the Minister announced the Transport 21 strategy, he appointed the Dublin transport strategy group. I understand he will have the report from that group in a matter of weeks, after which the legislation will follow.
- Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The legislative list published by the Government is what will definitely happen.