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Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I can remember it very well. I was one of those who took part, as a junior, in the last examinations for Poths Hall, after which a Chinese gentleman threatened to kill one of the examiners. It was a very colourful outfit and while I am sorry it is no more, the standing of medicine and pharmacy in Ireland is better because of it.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I am glad the Minister has agreed to this because it is important that the profession has confidence in the council. The general public must have confidence but the profession must also have confidence in it.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 94: In page 56, paragraph 12(2), line 9, after "surplus" to insert the following: "including any surplus following the disposal of its assets". This is to ensure that when the society is wound up, if it has any funds from the sale of assets, they would not go into the great maw of the Department of Health and Children.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: On the situation regarding connected relatives, this goes even further than the ethics in public office connections. I do not think brother and sister are included or the spouse of a child of the person.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: Are brother and sister included in the ethics in public office legislation?

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I thought they were not because I thought I remembered the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, saying he would be unable to check up on his ten brothers.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: The Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey has plenty of brothers and I remember him making that comment.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: Yes.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: This is quite a lot further than that.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: But not brother and sister.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: It seems a little harsh if they must do more than office-holders.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 102: In page 62, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: " 8 Edw.7.,55 Poisons and Pharmacy Act 1908 The whole Act ".

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I was advised an Act had been omitted and I am grateful to the Government for having agreed the amendment.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: In view of what the Minister has said and she accepted a great deal of our concerns, it would be very difficult for her officials to study them now, would it be agreeable to accept the Bill to go forward in that way?

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: This is a much needed Bill. I hope that when it is passed, it will last for 30 years. With the changes in pharmacy, we need something on which we can rely. It is a pity everything had to be rushed. We could have had a great time for weeks, just like when we dealt with the Bill relating to the Veterinary Council when we had really good sessions. There is much interest in the House in...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: The recent Environmental Protection Agency report on private water schemes indicates that e.coli pollution from sewage is getting worse, despite the incredible amounts of money being spent. The episode of pollution of public water in the Galway area with cryptosporidium is the worst ever reported in the country. We have to take this issue seriously. Will the Acting Leader invite the...

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (23 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I also welcome the Bill. We were all dismayed by the report written by Professor Des O'Neill on the conditions in certain private nursing home. It became clear that we needed far more robust standards for the inspection of institutions which provide cared for people, including children, who are elderly, ill or vulnerable. This is a welcome...

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (23 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I thank the Senator for that information but the Minister is at the top of the tree. If the authority is not doing its job, it is the Minister who is supposed to keep an eye on the authority. The health care providers in private nursing homes will be covered by this legislation. The explanatory memorandum states: The Authority will operate accreditation programmes and other schemes aimed at...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: Whatever about the rights and wrongs of the situation affecting the maternity services in Cork, at least women there receive treatment. In Galway University Hospital and in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda there are delays, in some cases of up to 20 weeks, for pregnant women to have their first visit. That is two to three months later than the recommended time for good treatment....

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I presume this amendment is proposed as a result of the problems that were encountered in the Leas Cross investigation. Anything that would prevent the delays and discomfitures that were experienced in that case is worth considering.