Results 2,501-2,520 of 2,725 for speaker:Noel Coonan

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: Will the Minister clarify what is meant by "provisionally registered"?

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: I welcome the greater clarity in the definition of veterinary premises.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: I agree to some extent with the Minister's point that copied documents may not always be genuine. However, the Minister could work with her counterpart in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to ensure that county councils issue two original certificates, one for display in the owner's practice and the other to be retained for safe keeping. This would solve the problem.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: I am concerned about use of the phrase "enter any premises, if necessary by the use of reasonable force". An officer should only have that power on obtaining a District Court order. Only one body in this State can administer that kind of justice, namely, the Garda Síochána, and it is the only body that should have that type of power. This is a serious matter. If the Minister is to pursue...

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: The Bill has not yet passed.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: I thank the Minister and acknowledge her contribution. She has listened to the Second Stage debate and has taken points on board. The Bill is all the better for that and if she accepts a few outstanding points, it will be better still. I compliment her for the manner in which she has listened to our suggestions. I remind the Minister that she stated she would allow me to appoint the farming...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: I support the call for a debate on road safety. The AGSI questioned whether the current actions of the Garda Síochána are actually contributing to road safety. Senator Brian Hayes did not criticise the Garda, but pointed out its concerns. I would like to add another dimension to the debate. The AGSI has said that gardaí come under a productivity clause and are mandated to issue a set...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to introduce what the AGSI is seeking, namely a transport unit that could examine the roadworthiness of both trucks and cars. The Garda is not able to do this at the moment. How often have the members, while driving under the speed limit, been overtaken by what one would call a bone shaker, with the front and back wheels...

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: I withdraw amendment No. 103. I compliment the Minister on giving due recognition to the veterinary nursing profession in the Bill. The important words in amendment No. 99 are "while assisting and in the presence of a veterinary practitioner" and, second, "under the direction of a veterinary practitioner". There is another set of operations or procedures that a veterinary nurse may carry out....

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: I support the amendment. Veterinary Ireland pointed out clearly that it wanted this amendment included in the Bill. It comprises professional people who know what they want and they should be accommodated.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: I move amendment No. 46: In page 37, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following new subsection: "(12) For the avoidance of doubt, a person who is registered under this section shall not carry out on an animal a treatment or procedure or administer an animal remedy, save in the course of a Class A disease eradication programme.". I accept this amendment was already discussed in part.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: I spoke on amendment No. 44. We did not discuss amendment No. 46.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: Amendment No. 46 is different. It is a specific amendment on this issue. If the Minister introduces limited registration, what will happen to those people when the pandemic is over? How will they survive? The danger of introducing limited registration is that those people can continue to operate. I tabled the amendment to define what they can and cannot do.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: Is the Minister saying they will be deregistered?

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: No.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: I compliment the Minister, even though I am not so sure about the meaning of the word.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: Senator Henry mentioned that there are a number of farmers who always have problems with their animals. However, the number is limited and the vast majority pride themselves, for example, when 40 cows are calved successfully or when there are 39 live births out of 40. They set very high standards. The Minister referred to somebody who is an employee of the farmer for at least two of the...

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: What sort of employee does the Minister visualise as suitable?

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: They must have been working on a farm for two months out of the previous four.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Noel Coonan: There will be a problem if the letter of the law is adhered to.