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Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements. (22 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: I will allow strictly one minute.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements. (22 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: Will the Leader consider arranging a debate to discuss the issue of food safety arising from the statement by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland with regard to the recall of sudan red 1? Some 350 associated products which were on sale are now being recalled. Sudan red 1 goes into Crosse & Blackwell's Worcester sauce, manufactured by Premier Foods in the UK. Worcester sauce is used in a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: No, I am not. People recovering from the effects of alcohol use this product.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: No, I am not. Sudan red 1 is used in some 350 products. It is even used as a so-called cure, but it is not a cure——

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: This carcinogenic dye is used in food products. Arising from this serious situation, the Leader should arrange a full debate and bring the Minister responsible into this House to discuss the issue of food safety. There is a problem with regard to traceability and the manufacture of own brand products by supermarkets. We do not know from where they come and it is about time we had full...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: No.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: Perhaps the Senator might like a nice, peaceful place to enable him to concentrate on his reading.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: What about Deputy Noonan?

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: Senator Burke was on the health board.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: I did not hear the Senator make many speeches about the issue when he was on the health board.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: Is that why it was abolished?

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: Senator Burke did not think I would make that point.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: The Senator is correct.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State but I note that, rather unusually, no officials of the Department of Health and Children are here. As far as I know, it is the normal practice for them to be present in these situations.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: The Minister of State is here to convey the Government's view but we have to take into account the people who are compiling the views.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power. I will probably be repeating many of the statements already made on this issue. I was a Minister of State at the Department of Health between 1987-89. I did not have responsibility for nursing homes so I am not answerable in that regard. The Government has welcomed the clarity provided by the Supreme Court judgment, notwithstanding the fact...

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: They may do as they please. A redress board should be established to assess the claims of nursing home residents and those of other institutions, including psychiatric hospitals, which will also be open to claims. A redress board would be more effective than the system that is proposed. Some families of deceased nursing home residents might be well advised not to put in a claim because they...

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: It is not Government policy. I am suggesting——

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Terry Leyden: Only Ministers speak on behalf of the Government. A Senator does not.