Results 1,201-1,220 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I am catering for Senator McCarthy's voters.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Yes and, as that is the case, subsection (6) must be deleted.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: This amendment corrects a grammatical error.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: This is a minor textual amendment.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I draw the attention of Senators to two technical amendments that are necessary to be made to section 45.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: This amendment is also consequential on decisions that have been made previously.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I had the opportunity to meet the representatives and we had a robust conversation on this issue. There are concerns that this provision could be used as a backdoor to register unqualified persons. This would undermine the veterinary profession. That is not my intention. While the foot and mouth disease outbreak in 2001 was limited in geographical scope, it showed the pressure a large...
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I appreciate the Senators' points of view but this argument is driven by a fear that people's professionalism is being undermined. That is not the situation. If one were to tie the phrase "requisite knowledge and skills" into section 66 the people concerned would have to be veterinary practitioners which would tie their hands. They must have appropriate linguistic skills, be of good character...
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: People will be brought in on a contract basis, at the council's instigation. Once it has been decided that the problem has been resolved, they will no longer be registered.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Yes because it is a contract and that will reflect the registration.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The contract is framed by a time limit.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: It is proposed to provide, for the first time under the legislation, for different categories of recognition by the Veterinary Council. The council expressed a concern about specialists such that under the Bill as drafted a person once registered as a veterinary specialist could continue to enjoy such registration indefinitely, even if he or she was no longer recognised by the body which had...
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Amendment No. 48 is proposed to meet the concerns of those who believe that the absence from the definition of a reference to diagnosing the health of an animal creates an imbalance in the definition. I recognise that vets are not in all cases engaged in diagnosing specific diseases and in some situations are, in effect, diagnosing the apparent absence of disease. Accordingly, I propose to...
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: In view of the fact that I am proposing under the Bill to define the practice of veterinary medicine for the first time, and to avoid farmers and others being criminalised for doing something in an emergency out of concern for an animal that is sick, injured or in severe distress, it is necessary to specifically provide for emergency situations. I recognise that there could be concerns about...
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: If we are not happy, I have the opportunity to introduce regulations. The issue regarding employees is not an emergency situation. An employee would be covered in terms of normal husbandry as opposed to an emergency situation. This measure is to avoid abuse of the provision by persons who might hire themselves out on a daily or very short-term basis but who would not be an employee in the...
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Any employee that is genuine would be suitable, not just someone who comes in for one evening. He or she must be an employee of a farmer over a stretch of two months.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I would envisage an even longer period.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: When has that ever happened? These are part-time people and will be there to assist during a certain period. Larger farming enterprises have such people coming in on a regular basis. The normal people know the score, they know what to do and know what is necessary. What we do not want is someone coming in once and making a decision which may be detrimental to the farming fraternity. That is...
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I recognise the concerns which underlie Senators Henry and McCarthy's amendments with regard to trainee vets and nurses who as part of their course of training, in effect, practice veterinary medicine to gain a requisite level of experience specified by the veterinary college. Therefore, I can accept the substance of these amendments and propose new subsections (5) and (6). The amendment I...
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Coughlan: They would not.