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Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It is a problem.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I do not want to delay the House or make life difficult for Deputy Power who is from the same part of the country as me and is an old acquaintance from many bodies.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It might be irrelevant, but it is a nice thing to say. This is not a contentious issue. A Government, which rightly tells us about the disciplines of the marketplace and the need for efficiency reserves to itself the right to delay implementation. I do not say there is a conspiracy, but the Government holds up the process and lengthens the timescale of decision, making as it fails to impose...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: While I do not wish to speak for Senator Henry, I do not especially like the idea of grouping for discussion amendments on entirely different branches of the caring professions. I suggest amendment No. 1——

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I do not agree that amendment No. 1 should be discussed with the other amendments in the group.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: We should take amendment No. 24 separately.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I made a resolution that I would keep quiet about matters that I had not raised myself but, having listened to the argument, I would like to make one point to the Minister of State. If he refuses to accept Senator Henry's amendment, anybody could come into this country and call himself or herself a podiatrist and there would be no regulation to prevent him or her from doing so. If I am wrong,...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I have a procedural point. We have spent 45 minutes discussing something Senator Maurice Hayes, who is as experienced a public servant as I have ever met, said he thought would go through on the nod. There is a message to be learned from that by the Minister, namely that the Members of this House and the Dáil put down amendments for a reason and expect a reasonable response. We did not get a...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I understood we had decided to take amendment No. 24 on its own, but it is a matter for Senator Henry.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 9, line 9 to delete paragraph (g) and substitute the following paragraph: "(g) physiotherapist or physical therapist". On a procedural matter let me suggest gently, as I have often done in this House, that it would be no harm to consult Members regarding grouping.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I agree, although it took me 20 years to discover that I could disagree with the grouping of amendments.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: In deference to the Chair, I will not respond to Senator O'Toole. We have all had representations made to us regarding the confusion between the terms "physiotherapist" and "physical therapist". Listening to the language, it is easy to understand the confusion. Apparently, in terms of health insurance, if one goes to a physical therapist one may not get payment under one's health insurance...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: What Senator Quinn said is the nub of the issue. One of the wonderful things about dealing with legislation is that one learns a great deal. Given that the citizens of 92 countries accept that physiotherapy and physical therapy are the same profession, when a person sets up a school of physical therapy or calls himself or herself a "physical therapist" and practises as one, that is...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: We did not say that.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: As you well know, Acting Chairman, my vanity alone leads me to withdraw most amendments on Committee Stage simply so I can resubmit them on Report Stage. I would not have pressed the amendment anyway but I am grateful for the willingness of the Minister of State to consider it on Report Stage. If he sustains the tone he has just demonstrated we will make an enormous amount of progress on the...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 9, line 17, subsection (2), after "subsection (1)," to insert "and in particular shall, within the period of 12 months from the passing of this Act, so designate the profession of counsellor or therapist,". Every time I refer to this matter I must declare an interest because I am married to a psychiatrist and, consequently, I do not get an unbiased view of the...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I know.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: As I said earlier I would not dream of pushing it, as I would be unable to raise the matter again later. I agree we have superb professionals in these areas. I had an unfortunate experience not many years ago when my son was in second year and a classmate of his committed suicide at the age of 14. Within an hour the Southern Health Board provided counsellors advising the teachers how to deal...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister of State should accept the amendment.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Whatever about the time we have spent up to now, many questions remain to be asked about section 4. I will go through my questions seriatim, as I want to ensure they receive answers. The section contains a list of the health and social care professions. When the Bill is enacted two things will happen. First, only those who are properly qualified will be allowed to describe themselves as...