Results 561-580 of 1,966 for speaker:Mary Henry

Seanad: Mental Health Services. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister to the House. We repeatedly read in the newspapers of cases before the courts in which no places of safety or treatment can be found for some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Children, adolescents and adults with serious conditions must be treated outside the country. Adults with mental illness, intellectual disorders or autism spectrum disorders or...

Seanad: Mental Health Services. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister for his extended reply. I am well aware of the difficulty in getting staff for these institutions. However, the Minister must grit his teeth and try to do something for these troubled young children. He will have the support of all Members of the House. I look forward to receiving the detailed information from the Department.

Seanad: Competition Authority Report: Statements. (25 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I also welcome the report. Of course I had to look at it from the point of view of medical negligence claims and so forth. Some really spurious arguments have been brought forward regarding the effectiveness of litigation in reducing medical errors, for example, and there is absolutely no evidence of this. On a recent edition of "Prime Time" the director general of the Law Society stated that...

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: Senator Mansergh without interruption.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I ask Senator Norris to be brief as this Bill must be completed by 4 p.m.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: Does the Minister of State wish to say anything more?

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: No, we are in a——

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: The Senator may speak but we have taken one extension already and I hate to see Bills guillotined.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: Amendments Nos. 11 and 12 are related and will be taken together by agreement.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: Yes.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: Is it agreed that I can make those typographical corrections to the Bill? Agreed. Bill received for final consideration.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (26 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Mar 2004)

Mary Henry: I support what Senator O'Toole and Senator Finucane said about the treatment by the press of a witness to the very sad event outside Club Anabel. It is dreadful to see a young woman who has nothing to do with the case, apart from being a witness, treated in such a manner. It will certainly deter people from coming forward in future in regard to other cases if they think they will be treated...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (4 Mar 2004)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State. After a lifetime in medicine I warmly welcome the legislation, but I wonder what the country is coming to. We have a major conference of our EU Presidency on sexually transmitted disease and now we are leading the way with a ban on smoking in the workplace. We are tackling incredible subjects and I am delighted to see it. Evidence has existed for decades...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2004)

Mary Henry: Whatever about the Hanly report, will the Leader ask whoever is in charge of the working time directive for doctors to attend the House to tell us what should be happening before administrators and doctors all over the country continue wasting their time trying to introduce rotas for the directive in August? I will be in a position to raise the issue of political appointments to semi-State...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2004)

Mary Henry: However, can the Minister for Health and Children come to the House to discuss the serious revelations made by Fintan O'Toole in The Irish Times regarding correspondence between the former chairman of the blood transfusion board and the Minister regarding appointments to that board? It is one of the most important boards in the country but even after ten years we still have trouble with it.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (9 Mar 2004)

Mary Henry: Subsection (7) is broad and I wish the section gave more protection to non-smokers in institutions. I am well aware the Bill gives effect to a workplace directive and that is what the Minister had to consider in introducing it. I did not table an amendment to this section because I did not believe that it could be enforced. However, hotel and guesthouse premises should ensure that the vast...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (9 Mar 2004)

Mary Henry: No matter what the vintners will say, human life will still continue in this country, on foot of this legislation. I am delighted to see it passed and that this is the first country to bring in such legislation. I am sure others will follow. One thing that concerns me, however, is the EUROSTAT figures on the intake of drink in this country, published this morning. They are serious. They...