Results 6,401-6,420 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: I am looking forward to attending the game, as I know many other Members are also. Having married a Limerick man I do not have any option.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: There are loads of tickets.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: This is a regulated market. The determination of prices is a matter for the regulator who is——

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: With your support.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: To the best of my memory, I think everybody here supported that. The regulator is required to take on board the consumer perspective.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: With regard to the first Bill, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, has taken responsibility for this area and it is his intention to progress the Bill as quickly as possible.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: I am not certain. There were difficulties with it but the Minister of State has taken over responsibility for this issue. I will have to come back to the Deputy on the second matter. I am not aware of what legislation is committed and when we will have it.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: I will have to speak to the relevant Minister as I am not certain of the reason for that.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: No. I understand it will be published next year.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: I am not aware whether legislation has been promised in this area but I will speak with the——

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: It may have been recommended but I am not aware it was ever agreed. I will have to pursue the matter with the relevant Ministers.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: And so say all of us. The Government has, like members of all parties, to be fair, intensely lobbied United States representatives on this matter and I hope that lobbying will be successful.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: The timescale will depend on legal advice. If we are advised that we cannot publish without following due process and natural justice, that advice must be accepted by the Government. The Attorney General advised the Government that 15 days from a date last week would have to be given to the parties mentioned in the report. The intention of the Government is to publish the report thereafter...

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: The answer is no.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: Any hospital doing this was told not to do it.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: I agree. The Deputy should bring such cases to my attention.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: There is no intention to change the Health Act.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: We recently established regional fora where members of local authorities are involved.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: The parliamentary division of the HSE is being strengthened. Professor Drumm has given timelines in regard to responses.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: If anybody thinks the former health boards were preferable to what we have now, they need to think again.