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- Health Bill 2006: From the Seanad (5 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: I wish all the officials of the House and the Department of Health and Children an enjoyable Easter. I wish the elected Members of the House a productive Easter.
- Health Bill 2006: From the Seanad (5 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: I am letting these amendments go through because, to be honest, I do not fully understand what the Minister is doing here. It is fascinating that the Minister is bringing forward amendments on the basis of the advice of the Parliamentary Counsel and that he is deleting sections of the Child Care Act. He is changing legislation. We have made the comment in the last two weeks that most...
- Health Bill 2006: From the Seanad (5 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: I would not have collected as much as the Minister of State.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: When the Minister presents amendments so late in the day, we are never quite sure whether they will make a difference or whether they will mean another land-mine that explodes on the next Minister when somebody challenges it in the courts. Cats and dogs remain better protected than patients in the Irish health care system, even after this debate. We still have a long way to travel before...
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: The Taoiseach was having a Terminator moment.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: We do not want to spread panic through the land at the notion of an election approaching.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: Will there be clear regulations as to where nurses can prescribe?
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: Has An Bord Altranais issued ethical guidelines on prescribing?
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: Maybe he wrote it himself.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: It is a gender thing.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: It is not because he is from Mallow.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: It is back to the future.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: As the Minister noted, the Oireachtas is probably the most unbalanced Parliament from a gender point of view.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: As someone who has held power and authority in the Chamber, has the Minister considered the possibility of allocating a specific number of seats in the House under a list system? The political and electoral systems are structured in such a way as to make it extremely difficult for those with young families to get elected. No one is under any illusions about the amount of work needed to come...
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: This is fairly straightforward. It raises some of the issues to which I referred regarding a joint council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland and the Medical Council. Nothing in the Bill suggests the body that regulates pharmacists must talk to the body that regulates doctors or vice versa. Complaints can be made about either pharmacists or doctors but they are expected to go to...
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: The principle remains the same.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: The same concerns have been expressed about patients.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: Sometimes it is needed because there is often not the required communication between regulatory organisations.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: It is not that difficult. It can be done. The Minister has set up a commission to investigate this matter, so she is not totally against the principle of what I suggest.
- Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Liam Twomey: I was referring to the commission on patient safety.