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Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: Additional funding will be provided in 2006 for the improvement of services for people with disabilities. In allocating the funding, the Health Service Executive will have regard to core staffing issues, including those relating to the proposed mainstreaming of community employment posts.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates 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 reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Health Services. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I apologise on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, who cannot attend this debate because she has a prior engagement that was arranged a long time ago.

Health Services. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I am pleased to have an opportunity to set out the current position in respect of oncology services in the southern area and to respond to the issues raised by the Deputies. I do not intend to defend or to attempt to defend the provision of inappropriate care for cancer patients, who are entitled to quality cancer care regardless of whether they live in the southern region of the HSE or...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates 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 reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates 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 reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Attention Deficit Disorder: Attention Deficit Disorder (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department. I have therefore requested the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: These amendments deal with changing the title "chiropody" to "podiatry" in the Bill. The sections amended are section 4, designated professions, section 26, the establishment of registration boards, and Schedule 3, qualifications required by existing practitioners. In line with the legal advice given by the Parliamentary Counsel, one title is protected for each profession under the primary...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: Regarding Senator Henry's comments about a school of podiatry, I understand consultations are already taking place on that matter with the Department of Education and Science. I hope we will be able to progress that matter. On Senator Henry's last question, the registration board can bring in outside expertise with appropriate qualifications. In cases where there are no suitably qualified...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: These amendments relate to section 9, which deals with membership of the health and social care professionals council. The council will have a pivotal role in the system of statutory registration established under the Bill. Its object is to protect the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training and competence among registrants of the dedicated professions....

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: On the issue raised by Senators Kett and Feeney in regard to rehabilitation engineers, I am not aware it has been raised in any discussions I have had on the Bill in either House. That does not matter, however, as the legislation can accommodate more professions than are currently included. It was agreed that only 12 professionals should be included because they were better organised than...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: Irish or voluntary registration.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: That is fine. If they have much of the work done, the timeframe should not be long. I would welcome a conversation with the Senator. However, it is impossible in the present Bill as we have agreed on 12 professions that have done much work.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: These amendments to sections 22 and 32 deal with the rules made by the health and social care professionals council and the by-laws made by registration boards. Amendment No. 15 corrects a typographical error. Amendments Nos. 16, 17 and 28 provide for the laying of rules and by-laws before each House of the Oireachtas. Senators will recall that the Bill was extensively amended in the Seanad...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I will do my best to explain the situation. I understand where the psychologists are coming from and there is very little disagreement between us. This happens when one registers a profession in order to have the optimum standards. No one questions that psychologists have extremely high standards as they have both primary degrees with first or second class honours and postgraduate training....

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The new registration board will determine the criteria. I can understand fears on this issue but it had to be introduced for this reason. One cannot introduce legislation that would immediately discriminate against some excellent people working in the private sector. I do not suggest for one moment that the Psychological Society of Ireland wanted to do that, as I understand its fears, but we...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: These issues relate to the registration board and sections, 27, 28, 33, 46, 52, 59. These amendments relate to the work of registration boards generally and also refer to issues concerning complaints against practitioners. The object of the registration board of a designated profession is to protect the public by fostering high standards of professional conduct and professional education,...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: On some of the comments made by the three Senators, first, the publication of the various professions which have registers, and which have been dealt with in the Bill, will be done and I am sure the professions will let it be known. To allay Senator Henry's fears about the protected titles, once the Bill is enacted these titles are protected in law and a person will not be able to put on a...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: Section 38 provides for the granting of registration to applicants who comply with general requirements and who hold a qualification approved by the registration board of a designated profession as attesting to the standard of proficiency required for registration. It also provides for a registration board to take account of qualifications awarded in another EU member state and those awarded...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I thank the Senators who have raised this matter again. The question of the title "physical therapist" has consistently attracted attention during the passage of the Bill through the Oireachtas. For the physiotherapy profession, the title protected under the Bill is "physiotherapist". However, the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists also wishes to have the title "physical therapist"...