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Written Answers — Medicinal Guidelines: Medicinal Guidelines (22 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: These products are licensed via the European Union's mutual recognition procedure and are currently under review by the European Medicines Agency. It is anticipated that this review will be completed by the end of April. This review will include the prescribing and patient information and will take account of new safety information.

Written Answers — Asthma Incidence: Asthma Incidence (22 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The causation and treatment of asthma are very complex issues involving a combination of environmental, physiological, psychological, metabolic and other factors. It is generally accepted, not only in Ireland but in the western world in general, that there is a requirement for further research on the many causes of asthma, in particular those relating to genetics and the environment. There...

Written Answers — Hospital Equipment: Hospital Equipment (22 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of CAT scanning services in hospitals. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Health...

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: We all share the concern expressed by Deputy Kenny about the experiences of many citizens in urban and rural areas in recent times. We have a reforming Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the law is constantly being reviewed.

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: An enormous amount of legislation in this area has been passed in recent years and the budget of the Garda Síochána has been increased by 75%. I cannot advise on what homeowners or property owners should be entitled to do or not to do. However, I have always been a strong fan of the law being tilted in favour of the victim, although perhaps it was not always tilted that way in the past. I...

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I am always delighted to talk to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and I will certainly talk to him on this. We have increased the budget of the Garda Síochána by 75%. We have provided an additional 1,200 prison places. We have reformed the law in many respects. If there are continuing deficiencies, I am certain the Minister would be happy to examine them with a view to...

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I did not commission the Travers report to shelter anybody from anything. The inquiry was set up on 16 December, long before there was any decision by the Supreme Court or even a decision by the President to refer the Bill to the Supreme Court. I established the Travers inquiry because I became aware on 15 December that the report given to me to take to the Cabinet was incorrect in some...

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: As I told the House yesterday, the advice from the South Eastern Health Board cannot be published for legal reasons because there are cases pending and we would jeopardise the position of the State and taxpayers——

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: No, I have not.

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: That legal advice covers issues other than those in long——

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: No, because they are intertwined.

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I dealt with this issue when Deputy Rabbitte raised it yesterday but I will respond again. The legal advice deals with a number of issues, including nursing home subventions and those in other forms of institution. They are the subject of legal proceedings which will be coming before the courts shortly. Whatever about Deputy Rabbitte or how it might help my popularity, I am not going to...

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: ——and, particularly, more recently. A decision was made at a meeting in December 2003——

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: A decision was made at a meeting in December 2003 that the Attorney General's advice would be sought.

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: All the papers were prepared to get that legal advice. The tragedy is that that letter did not issue from the Secretary General of the Department of Health and Children because even if we had corrected this matter a year ago we could have saved ourselves over €100 million. That is the reality.

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has initiated an inquiry which the labour inspectorate is currently carrying out. I understand it will be available to him shortly.

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: In advance of that inquiry, the Minister has briefed the Cabinet on some of the issues to which Deputy Joe Higgins has referred. Our law gives equal protection to foreign and Irish workers. It does not discriminate in any respect in favour of our indigenous population or other Europeans, as opposed to those from outside the European Union. I have no reason to doubt that the Deputy's...

Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The briefing simply told me that the Minister is awaiting the report but I understand that a draft of the report has been circulated in the interests of natural justice. If the report bears out what the Deputy is saying, and I am not casting doubt in any way on what he has said, then it is a total disgrace. All the forces of the State will have to be brought to bear on this issue to ensure it...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: As Minister for Health and Children I am worried about the Deputy.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: If the Deputy speaks out of breath more often, she will end up in an accident and emergency department. She should take it easy.