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Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: It would be easier if we took them separately. We would probably deal with them faster.

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 5: In page 6, after line 40, to insert the following: "(iii) registered pharmacists, who are members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland,". When did the Minster say the chief pharmacist retired from the Department of Health and Children?

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: He has been acting in a consultancy capacity since then.

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Am I incorrect in believing there was a recent announcement by the Department that a new chief pharmacist was employed? Has another pharmacist been taken on or has he or she been employed specifically as chief pharmacist?

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: There is still no chief pharmacist.

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 5 seeks that registered pharmacists be members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland and that that body should adopt a role akin to that of the Medical Council to ensure there are standards. This leads very much to what Deputy McManus was talking about. We are not comfortable with the legislation pertaining to the health services. It is funny that when the Minister of State...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, after line 40, to insert the following: "(iii) paramedical staff— (I) who are in the employ of the State, either directly or indirectly through the Health Services Executive or a Local Authority, and (II) whose position could be described as one that would require the ability to prescribe medicinal products from time to time, and (III) who have undergone...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Can the Minister of State explain further the issue of group authority? Will group authority be vested in the Health Service Executive or in the local hospital in which paramedical staff are employed? Who will have the group authority that will allow paramedical staff to prescribe and dispense medication?

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: It will not be vested in the individual hospitals.

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I would like the Minister of State to clear up another matter. He said that the Government has accepted the pharmacy review group's recommendation about the beneficial interests of those dispensing and prescribing. Does the Minister of State not find it strange that the Government has missed the boat in this regard? Last year, the Tánaiste opened a clinic in which there is an obvious...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I remind the Minister of State that money talks in matters of this nature. The centre opened by the Tánaiste last year is owned by a single company. It has a commercial interest in the pharmacy downstairs and it is leasing the rooms upstairs to general practitioners for low rents. I accept that the company does not instruct the doctors to churn out a certain number of prescriptions every...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 7: In page 7, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "(b) in subsection (1), by inserting the following new paragraph (g): "(g) to make it the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital to which a staff member referred to in paragraph (f) is attached, to ensure that that staff member has received the requisite training and education to allow...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: This is an important point. We talk about giving nurses additional permission to prescribe. Doctors already have this, but many consultants in our hospitals work almost as independent contractors. There is an unmerciful amount of freedom. At question time in this House before Christmas, the Tánaiste stated quite categorically that she was completely against whistleblower's legislation. What...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Is there a difficulty with making the CEO of a hospital accountable for the actions of the staff? Is there a difficulty with accepting my amendment or is it just that the Minister of State does not want to accept it?

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 8: In page 8, to delete lines 6 to 8 and substitute the following: "(b) in the case of a body corporate, the Chief Executive Officer of that body.".". This amendment follows on from amendment No. 7 in the sense that it places responsibility back onto the chief executive of the body with regard to accountability. Since the Minister opposed the previous amendment, I assume...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Does the Health Act 2004 not provide some format whereby the chief executive can delegate responsibility to people under his management in either a hospital or the HSE?

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: Therefore, the CEO is responsible.

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 9: In page 29, between lines 42 and 43, to insert the following: "18.—(1) It shall be an offence— (a) for any person or body corporate to send or cause to be sent by use of the ordinary postal service, any medicinal product, where the sale of such a medicinal product is concerned, or where there is financial reward for the person or body corporate so sending the...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 12: In page 36, line 10, after "examination" to insert ", including dental health examination,". This is an issue we considered on Committee Stage with regard to examinations. I wished to include dental health examinations. Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 are related to this and they take into account dental service providers at primary and secondary level. The Minister of...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: 3.—The Minister may, upon the coming into effect of this section, having regard to - (a) changes in the value of money generally in the State since the passing of this Act or the last previous exercise of the power under this section, and (b) the need to ensure the continued effectiveness of the fines under...