Results 23,041-23,060 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: On the Companies (Audit and Accounting) Act, many of the provisions must be done by way of regulations. I understand the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is currently considering the matter. The information and consultation of employees Bill will be taken in the middle of this year.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I know. Unfortunately, we are not always on time.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: It is not possible to say at this stage when the Bill is to be published. Its point is simply to modernise the legislation concerning the Office of the Revenue Commissioners.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: An advertisement used to say "It happened on the Late Late Show" or words to that effect. I did not see the show but I will bring the Deputy's concern to the relevant Minister.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The electricity Bill will be brought in next year. I do not know if legislation is promised regarding the third level sector.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I am sorry but it is not possible to say when the legislation will be introduced.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: That legislation was cleared by the Cabinet this morning.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: There is a reason for that. The electronic communications Bill will be published later this year, as will the energy Bill.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The legislation will arrive later this year.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: We hope to circulate them to Deputies soon after Easter.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: After Easter.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I fully agree with the Deputy. Part of the problem arose from the Irish hospital consultants dispute. I recently met the Mental Health Commission regarding this matter and we hope to bring forward the necessary orders very shortly. We need approximately 50 to 60 psychiatrists available for the panels to look at the 600 or so involuntary detentions. Now that the dispute is over we intend to...
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: We established a group to look at consumer issues, chaired by Anne Fitzgerald. I understand the group has given a report to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I have not seen the report. If my memory is correct, the Groceries Order can be amended only by primary legislation and not by secondary legislation.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: No.
- Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: Proposals were advanced a couple of years ago by my colleague, the then Minister, Deputy Molloy, which had much support initially. Unfortunately, as the days moved on the support waned and the proposal that an opinion poll could not be carried out within a certain number of days from polling day failed. The initial support for the proposal evaporated and it was subsequently withdrawn.
- Leaders' Questions. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy is aware, the Government gave a commitment in the programme for Government to examine the feasibility of an additional terminal at Dublin Airport. The Deputy has confirmed that there were 13 expressions of interest in respect of that new terminal. The Minister briefed his Cabinet colleagues about aviation matters but no decision was sought from the Government and no decision was...
- Leaders' Questions. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I understand the Minister for Transport will bring a memorandum before the Government after Easter. The only issues that are important are capacity and competition. I share Deputy Kenny's view that ownership of such a facility is not the issue, but rather competition which will drive efficiency for consumers and capacity so that the long delays experienced by passengers may be eliminated.
- Leaders' Questions. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: To deal with the last issue first, I gave an undertaking that the briefing document would be made available. There were four elements to that briefing document. Two of them are published in the Travers report and the other two relate to the South Eastern Health Board legal advice. That contains advice other than in relation to long-term charges. It contains advice on matters that are about to...
- Leaders' Questions. (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Government committee met this morning and I will bring a memorandum to the Government at our first meeting after the Easter recess, on 6 April. We examined the possibility of deleting references to the other issues in the legal opinion, but as the matters are all intertwined that would have been impossible. It would not have made sense. A number of cases are pending, as I am sure the...