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Seanad: Genetically Modified Organisms. (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State for her reply which I find extremely encouraging. I hope we will not focus on short-term profits. If she sees the former Minister, Deputy Walsh, in the corridors of power she might discuss with him the livestock sector, particularly fatty acids in beef. A major selling point is that grass-fed beef is better for one than corn-fed beef.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment as this is a good point. Senator Browne only asks that these sums should be in line with Government policy and the Minister of State should accept this amendment. Moreover, the issue of indexation is highly important. I was under the impression that a general decision had been made that this would be the case. While such a decision may cover this issue, if not, I...

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I do not wish to be accused of straying. I second the amendment. It is much better to have openness in this area. Commercial sensitivity is pleaded far too frequently including with regard to the National Treatment Purchase Fund. I got that point in before the Cathaoirleach stopped me. One knows the ire caused by the fact one cannot find out what are the costs of various procedures and...

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I congratulate the Minister of State for the way he has brought this Bill through the House. I support the Minister's belief that people should be looked after in their own homes for as long as is possible as that is what the vast majority want. People in hospitals who are old and dying only wish to get out again and return to their own home. I have heard them say so many times and it is...

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2006: Statements (13 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: Senator White, without interruption.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I second Senator O'Toole's proposal that No. 16 be taken before No. 1. I support Senator White's remarks on the problems those aged 70 and over are experiencing hiring cars. This is occurring in other European countries also and it therefore may be necessary to take it up at European level.

Seanad: Hospital Infections: Motion (14 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I thank Senator Glynn for his kind words on exactly the area I wish to address. I welcome the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to the House. I have frequently heard her speak on this issue and am well aware that she realises its seriousness. Florence Nightingale said that when the sick enter hospital, they should not become sicker as a result. We have got into an...

Seanad: Hospital Infections: Motion (14 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: They are a great success, managing to change their little jackets overnight so that whatever affected them yesterday has no effect on them today. New antibiotics are being introduced only to be defeated within a few days. We have not put enough emphasis on the role of the laboratory, which can be the key to diagnosis and surveillance in acute hospitals in particular. We must know what the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: Once again, prison doctors have spoken out about the dreadful conditions in which they must treat people in prisons, especially those with serious mental health problems. There is a lack of facilities for treating these people in prisons and there are no secure units outside of the prisons, apart from the Central Mental Hospital. It is difficult and dangerous to prescribe legal drugs to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I support Senator Mansergh's call for a debate on the issue because there is an enormous amount of misinformation about what the Crisis Pregnancy Agency is suggesting to other agencies.

Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I am delighted to welcome the Minister to the House because she has a difficult role and I support many of her initiatives. I am particularly impressed by the initiative to get home support for older people which is incredibly important. Most people want to stay in their homes as long as possible. While it is expensive to have customised services for them, it is worth doing and is much...

Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: Making empty beds is one thing but making them with patients in them is quite another. It is not just that one must deal with the patient and make the bed, it is the fact that one might discover something that is of great importance while doing so. We are in a difficult position vis-À-vis nurses. It was very difficult for them to go on strike on the first occasion and I recall senior...

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Order for Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In the recent past, legislation has been brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas to repeal statutes which are no longer relevant to life in Ireland. This was a worthy exercise. I have brought forward this Bill in the hope it will lead to the repeal of the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871 and its replacement by this proposed...

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: Yes.

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I am quite overcome with the words of praise I have had tonight, which while undeserved are very welcome. I accept the suggestion of the Minister of State that the Bill remain on the Order Paper, which will send a timely reminder to everyone about it. The Seanad is a great place to introduce such Bills, which are not party political. We need to get around to such legislation at some time....

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: She was absolutely immobile. I would have thought that would have required much more consideration than simply the consent of the parents. As the Marriage of Lunatics Act is still in force, we might spend another day considering that legislation. Inappropriate language is used in so many Bills, including "weak mind" and "of unsound mind". We introduced legislation before Christmas that...

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: No, not from up there at all. It will happen in the autumn when the Cathaoirleach and I are having a wild time outside the Seanad.

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State. That is very gracious of him.

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: After 17 March.