Results 3,361-3,380 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: There are questions to be asked of management, of the board, of governance and questions will have to be answered.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: There are questions to be asked on governance and questions to be answered on why the service that is expected of those employed by the State was not provided for clients and their representatives, the GPs. All of that is being investigated. We will await the outcome of the investigation so we can establish the facts.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Clearly the clinical reviews are there to support patient care.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: All of the issues will be dealt with in the investigation. Once it has been completed, changes that must be made will be made and the Minister will deal with them when the full facts are available to her. Perhaps someone might have listened to one of Deputy Reilly's colleagues, the GP who was bemused about why the Minister for Health and Children has been brought into this when the...
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: It is on that basis that we await the investigation so that we can deal with the facts on the floor of this House if necessary.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Issues are emerging which will be dealt with by the investigation.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The investigation will bring to light the reason the issues arose, how they will be addressed and why they should never happen again.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: On the issue of St. Patrick's day-----
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: This is an occasion which is used by every Government to spread key messages abroad-----
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: -----attract foreign direct investment-----
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: -----and support our own industries abroad whether they be in tourism, food and beverage or whatever.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: A substantial programme of work has been given to all Ministers and on that basis, unlike any other country in the world, we have an opportunity to sell Ireland as a place to do business and to support our indigenous industries. Ministers are travelling on that basis and the Taoiseach will take advantage of these opportunities when he travels to the United States to meet that country's...
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The last thing I would do is mislead the House.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I recall Ministers over many years being expected to establish facts without them being available.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: There is a dispute at the hospital arising from the issues which came to light last night. These matters will be raised by the Department-----
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: -----when it meets the CEO to establish the facts of the situation.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I will not pre-empt that meeting but the facts will be established following it and all the issues will be investigated. Arising from that investigation, judgments can be made one way or the other. At the end of the day, the protocol is in place, the matter is being dealt with, the clinical reviews are taking place and the practice whereby a consultant radiologist examines X-rays has been...
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The matter of the letters of referral from GPs is being raised, probably at this moment, between the Department and the CEO-----
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: -----and then the facts will be established.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I remind the House-----