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Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: Unlike now.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: Just some of it.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: On amendment No. a1, which was ruled out of order——

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I know, but it is unacceptable that a so-called sharing and caring Government is bringing in these measures in Christmas week.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I will not refer to it any more——

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, before section 1, to insert the following new section: 1. This Act shall cease to have effect on 1 March 2005.". This legislation is bad and has not been thought out properly. Mistakes will be made in it and I have no doubt that the House will have to introduce further legislation to rectify them. My amendment acknowledges that the legislation is important...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: The Minister of State seems to be speaking about a different amendment. My amendment was very clear that the Act should cease to have effect on 1 March and would not have any monetary effect provided the Government brought forward legislation before 1 March 2005. I do not accept what the Minister says on this issue.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, line 18, after "charge" to insert "shall not be". These amendments are connected and are designed purely to simplify the language being used.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 5: In page 3, lines 28 and 29, to delete "(including any psychiatric ailment)". I would be interested to hear Senator Glynn's comment on this as he worked in the psychiatric services. It makes no sense, and must border on discrimination, to include this reference in the Bill to people "including any psychiatric ailment". Why is a distinction made between people who have...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 6: In page 4, line 17, before "Subject" to insert "Notwithstanding subsection (1) and". In subsection (5) the Minister takes away or limits the right that would otherwise apply under subsection (1). We feel the Minister should be up-front and honest about what is being done. Therefore, we would like to see an express reference to subsection (1).

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 8: In page 4, line 18, after "and" where it firstly occurs to insert "demand for".

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 9: In page 4, line 45, after "days" to insert "in any one location". My colleague, Senator McHugh, raised this matter on Second Stage. The Bill as drafted takes account of days in cumulative terms, which is unfair. The 30 day clock should come into play only when one spends 30 days or more in one place.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 10: In page 4, line 46, after "days" to insert "in any one location".

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 11: In page 5, line 20, to delete "the". Amendment No. 11 is technical, but amendment No. 12 states, "In page 5, lines 20 and 21, to delete "referred to in the definition of 'in patient services' in section 51." The definition of an inpatient service is circular, chasing its own tail. Subsection (11) begins by derogating from section 51, but in the course of the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 12: In page 5, lines 20 and 21, to delete "referred to in the definition of 'in patient services' in section 51". Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I am deeply unhappy with some subsections in section 1, something that I have expressed through the amendments. I am aware that we are constrained in this House from making any amendment that might have a financial bearing. Our hands are tied in that respect. However, it has been drawn to my attention by Senator Ulick Burke and others that in subsection (5) it is declared that, subject to...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I second the amendment. It is shocking that we would treat in such a shameful manner people who worked all their lives, paid their taxes, reared their families and made a contribution to society when life was not half as good as it is now. These people would have paid a high rate of tax, which Senator McHugh and I can barely imagine, while probably paying off a mortgage at an interest rate of...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I do not.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: I thank the Tánaiste and the Ministers of State, Deputies Seán Power and Brian Lenihan, for their contribution to the debate. I genuinely dislike the Bill and the way it came about. When the matter was repeatedly raised in the other House, it showed democracy in action. Thankfully, clarification was given on the original Bill and action was taken to rectify the problem. However, I have...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: That will never happen.