Results 941-960 of 1,886 for speaker:Fergal Browne
- Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: I know what I am talking about.
- Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: I meant the outer office.
- Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: On a point of order, the folder, which was in the Minister's general office, has gone missing.
- Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: That is why I am correcting myself. When one is being heckled, it is difficultââ
- Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: His advisers had it.
- Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: Government Members are playing word games. The Secretary General clearly recollects discussing the implications of the file. It is in the report.
- Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: As a result of the Supreme Court decision.
- Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: The Senator should not be trying to draw me into a dispute while I am in the Chair.
- Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: The Senator should look at page 158, paragraph 5 of the report.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, before section 1, to insert the following new section: "1.âThe Health Act 1970 is amended by inserting the following new section after section 44, but in Part IVâ '44A.âWithin three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a statement of strategy detailing its plans for the funding of the care of...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: I expected that reply from the Minister of State. What is the position regarding elderly people who have been taken out of institutions and are now living in houses provided by health boards or the Health Service Executive? Will they have to pay rent? That is another issue arising on the doorsteps. If the Minister of State cannot answer now, he might do so later.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: I have been let down.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: The measure in section 1 regarding the spouse's income could fly in the face of equality legislation. Senator Henry's point regarding separated couples is relevant. What drives us all mad on both sides of the House is when a Member advises someone about getting a medical card, the person is either accepted or turned down, and then a similar case arises which attracts a different decision. I...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: "(d) paragraph (b) shall stand repealed on 1 March 2010.". Fine Gael is in favour of the GP-only medical cards but only as an interim measure. On this side of the House, we propose the insertion of a time limit of 2010 because we fear the Government plans to make this a longer-term option. The only benefit...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: I did not say that.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: Let us be fair. I never said that. I said it is unfair that children do not have medical cards.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: I would like to clarify a point. It is disingenuous of the Minister and Senator Glynn to twist what I was saying.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: If they listen for a change, they might hear what I am saying. I do not think anyone in the House could justify giving a medical card to a multimillionaire in his 70s while a woman with four or five children, two or three of whom could be regularly sick or have a recurring condition, does not get a medical card. That was the point I was making. We now know that when the medical card was given...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: Is the Minister aware of any plans to review the GP-only cards or could negotiations be held with the Department of Education and Science on the proposal that a medical cardholder would be exempt from paying exam fees, for example? Is this policy rigidly stuck to GP-only cards or is it open to review, for instance a possible extension over time to include optical, dental or other costs?
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (10 Mar 2005)
Fergal Browne: I move amendment No. 5: In page 6, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: "(4) The Minister shall issue guidelines detailing the criteria which shall be used when an assessment of 'unduly burdensome' under this section is being made under this section.". We must have clarity on this issue. The term "unduly burdensome" is open to interpretation and it is in everyone's interest to...