Results 10,221-10,240 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: There are no staff in my Department for whom two or more phone lines have been provided at their homes.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: Since CMOD moved to Tullamore in July 2006 no travel and subsistence has been paid to the training officer. The relocation of CMOD to Tullamore has had a limited impact on the work of the training officer or on the work of those who attend courses there. The relocation of CMOD has not affected the number of training days organised by the Department of Health and Children in 2006 which was...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: Travel and subsistence amounting to â¬781 was paid to one officer in 2006 in respect of attendance at a pre-retirement planning course in Tullamore. No travel and subsistence claims were received in the preceding year in respect of attendance at such courses.
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware my Department is not one of the Departments earmarked for decentralisation under the Civil Service Decentralisation Programme. However the Deputy may wish to note that under the decentralisation programme thirty civil servants have transferred to other Government Departments from my Department to date.
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: The Medical Practitioners Bill 2007 updates and modernises the regulation of medical practitioners by the Medical Council. It is acknowledged the current legislative framework, which is almost 30 years old, needs to be revised. The Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 provided for the appointment of the new Health and Social Care Professionals Council, which recently held its first...
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I am satisfied that section 5 provides for the dissolution of the old society and the establishment of the new one and that there is no discontinuity. A similar situation is provided for in the Veterinary Practice Act and since Committee Stage, I have sought the views of the Attorney General in respect of this issue.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I do not think so.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I would not read anything into that.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: A meeting took place today to discuss the Order of Business for the parliamentary week beginning 24 April. I understood Deputy Gormley was a Whip, in which case he should know this.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: Is Deputy Gormley not the Green Party Whip? Has he been promoted from that position?
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: We will amend the Bill to say there will be no election.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: We certainly know an election is approaching. This is particularly so in the case of Deputy Twomey.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: Is there any chance that a pharmacy will be charged a large amount of money?
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: Does the Deputy think they should be charged normal rents?
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: What is the Deputy's view?
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I would like to hear the Deputy's view on that matter.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I thank all the Deputies who have contributed to the debate. I am very impressed with the great level of interest shown in the private sector from the Deputies opposite because I am usually attacked here. In fact, there is a contradiction between the emphasis on commercialisation and private interests. To clarify an issue raised by Deputy Twomey, there is no question of a nurse being able...
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: Yes.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: It will do that. That is a matter for the regulatory body. As I said on Committee Stage, I regret the rushed nature of the debate and I accept it is rushed. I accept also that the volume of legislation coming from my Department has been a challenge to the Department, the Parliamentary Counsel, Opposition spokespersons and others. Three large Bills are going through the House and will be...
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I wish to indicate that I will accept two amendments from Deputy McManus. I already accepted some of her amendments on Committee Stage. I assure the House that this is not a political bias, as most people will understand. It is just that they are good amendments and have been cleared legally.