Results 9,781-9,800 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: I do not know whether it would be a big issue if it were three or four years.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: Clearly, it would be an issue if nobody was in charge of the place and if the business was running for five years unsupervised. It took somebody Senator Minihan knows four and a half years to resolve issues around a pharmacy.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: Is the Senator talking about pharmacists who had their contracts revoked?
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: I am not aware of it. Perhaps the Senator will bring it to our attention. I do not believe it is provided for in this legislation.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: They were referred to in old Acts and it is to ensure people who are not pharmacists do not use these titles.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: My understanding is that such doctors are not present on the same basis as members of the committee. They are present purely in an advisory capacity. I must take advice and will have the matter checked.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: I accept the Senator's point and will make sureââ
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: I imagine the doctor would be paid. Does that make a difference? I assume the doctor would be paid.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: Is that because he or she would be paid to give advice?
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: The doctor would be present in an expert capacity. I imagine that doctors who give advice or are expert witnesses in courtââ
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: Does Senator Henry suggest that doctors should not be paid to do this?
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: That is allowed. Does Senator Henry believe a distinction can be made in this regard?
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: Does the Senator mean that those who are paid are not protected? Does one's own private insurance or whatever offer protection?
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: I will check it. I want to ensure we make it easy to get such advice and avoid making it cumbersome or putting people in a vulnerable position.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: This is included in paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 1 which states: "A committee may include persons who are not members of the Council."
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: The matter has been dealt with.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: The Senator makes the point that the supervisory pharmacist would be obliged to have eyes in the back of his or her head. I am trying to recall how the Medical Council legislation deals with interns. They are covered by the Medical Council legislation.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: I will do so. I am uncertain whether it is reasonable to bring trainees before a fitness to practice committee. I will revert to the issue.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: It is hard to argue against the Senators' points. Much of this was done with a view to making it easy for people who wish to make a complaint from a patient safety perspective. However, I accept the need to be fair. Even a complaint that never ends up in a fitness to practice inquiry or that simply goes to a preliminary hearings committee can cause much upset. I will examine this matter.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: Is the Senator referring to the wording or to a substantive issue?