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Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: That is absolutely disgraceful although the Minister of State is probably not the person responsible for making the decision. I recall that, on Committee Stage, we were told the job of chief pharmacist was being advertised. We are now being told the position is being reviewed and that there will be new terms of reference. The affair has gone into some kind of Neverland, which is an...

Emigrant Support Services. (15 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: It will take him a few minutes to read two pages.

Emigrant Support Services. (15 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: The Minister of State can continue.

Schools Building Projects. (15 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: I compliment Deputy Wallace on her appointment. There are so few women in this House that it is always a pleasure to congratulate a woman achieving high office. I wish her well. I welcome the opportunity to raise this matter and I welcome the parents of young children with autism who have taken the trouble to travel to Leinster House tonight at short notice. These parents approached me and...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (15 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if final payment has been received on the commitment of the religious congregations to pay €128 million in cash and in kind in the context of the indemnity deal of 2002; the breakdown of those payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5736/06]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress she expects to make in 2006 in implementing the commitment in An Agreed Programme for Government:; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5734/06]

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: I welcome the presence of the Minister for Finance in light of the question I have for the Tánaiste. Yesterday, RTE revealed the strong and unequivocal advice from the Department of Finance to the Tánaiste that the HSE should not be given the role of accounting officer because it was incapable of acting in that role, was far too complex and untried, untested and inexperienced. Will the...

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: That is hardly comparable.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: According to the advice, the two cannot be compared.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: They do not even know where the money is.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: What happens if they cannot do it?

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: I warned the Tánaiste that she was going too quickly——

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: ——but she does not listen to advice, even when it comes from her colleague, the Minister for Finance.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: The Deputy is right.

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she intends to take to protect the consumer here from unknowingly purchasing food of non-Irish origin described as Irish; her views on the concept of substantial transformation and the limits of its applicability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5927/06]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the role of Parents for Justice in the working group as recommended by a person (details supplied) in their report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6069/06]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a guarantee will be given in public and in writing that the documents contained in the 54 boxes presented to her by a person (details supplied) on 31 March 2005 and all other documents in existence relating to the Dunne inquiry will not be destroyed; the whereabouts of the documents at present; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Parents for Justice will continue to receive funding from the Health Service Executive in order to continue supplying all support systems required by the membership of the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6071/06]

Written Answers — Marketing of Alcohol: Marketing of Alcohol (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times the alcohol marketing communications monitoring body has met since her announcement of a voluntary code; and the number of times she envisages it meeting in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6144/06]

Written Answers — Marketing of Alcohol: Marketing of Alcohol (16 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an annual report of the alcohol marketing communications monitoring body is sufficient for such an important matter; if there will be interim reports from the body; the action which can be taken between reports if breaches are observed; if the voluntary code is consistent with other codes such as those produced by...