Results 7,141-7,160 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I am not suggesting that any member of the four representative organisations would be unscrupulous and take up litigation. I have the highest regard for all four organisations.
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: Deputy Gormley asked about the numbers involved. Potentially, we are talking about 15,000 people. I am not suggesting that would happen.
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: As a result of the High Court case, it is a fact that the tribunal must take into account the court's adjudication on applications that have come before it. There is another court case coming later this year where compensation was refused by the tribunal or it was not sufficient. The tribunal's decision is being appealed and the tribunal is obliged to take on board the decision of the court....
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: There was no alternative in the absence of the test. When the representative groups put forward draft legislation in 1996, why did they say it should be based on the ELISA test?
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: Why in 1998ââ
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: No, I have not spoken to the people who drafted it. Why in 1998, when the expert group on hepatitis C was deciding the basis on which the health card would be given, did they say it should be on the basis of the ELISA test?
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: It is not a figleaf.
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: These things are important. The expert group did not say that the health card should be granted on the basis of the clinician's opinion. In any State compensation scheme established, the House would never have agreed that compensation could be awarded on the basis of a clinician's view. This is not about not trusting people. Doctors can be wrong. Nobody would ever suggest that we establish a...
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: Why did I change my mind on what?
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: No, I calculatedââ
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The decision in regard to those tests was circulated to the groups on Wednesday evening.
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I did make it clear by way of my amendments. It is not a case of having to prove positive in all the tests; it is in any of the tests. We want to make sure we leave nothing out.
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The Irish Kidney Association expressed a view about the RIBA test. Discussions took place between officials and the groups. I also stated that if any new test arises, it can be taken on board also. We wish to ensure we are not leaving out any possible test. I do not understand the point Deputy McManus made about my changing my mind in regard to minors. We were talking about the loss of...
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: On the contrary, as I stated yesterday and repeated today, those who have gone through the tribunal process who do not qualify at present for the health card because of the decision made in 1998 will be given the health card. It is fair and reasonable that this should happen â it has not happened heretofore. This is not about taking anything away. On the contrary, this is about providing...
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: Yes, I have. Obviously I have taken the advice of my medical and other experts who are available to give me advice in this regard.
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: Legal and medical advice.
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: It is not about financial advice.
- Written Answers — Stem Cell Research: Stem Cell Research (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: There is no legislation in Ireland governing the intervention in the natural process of creating human life; instead, medical practice is governed by guidelines issued by the Medical Council. These provide that the creation of new forms of life for experimental purposes or the deliberate and intentional destruction of in-vitro human life already formed is professional misconduct. The...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 163 to 226 together. The Deputies' questions relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a...
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department recently received correspondence from the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment which was forwarded to my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who has responsibility for waste management policy including issues relating to incineration.