Results 51,061-51,080 of 51,089 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: They are private contractors. The list the Senator read out consists of people who work in hospitals.
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: No, they are not. The Act is very specific.
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: When I was here last, I made the point that the Bill was not the legislative mechanism through which the three named drugs would be allowed; they would be allowed through amendments to medicinal regulations. The Bill removes the absolute prohibition on the utilisation of some drugs by optometrists included in the parent Act. From the outset we recognised that unanimity on the issue of the use...
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: I am not an expert on drugs.
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: We sought advice on these three drugs from our chief pharmacists following my meeting with the College of Ophthalmologists and before Second Stage.
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: That drug is not included in the legislation.
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: There is scarcely a drug on the market that does not have a range of contraindications or side-effects listed on each packet. That is the other side of the coin. Every drug on the market comes with a list of warnings about side effects. We need to be balanced in our approach. We have taken advice on this and limited the number of drugs to three. Originally, it was suggested that six or seven...
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: As I stated in my Second Stage address to the House, I recently met representatives of the College of Ophthalmologists when the president of the college outlined the difficulties which many ophthalmologists have with the use of the word "treatment" in section 12(b) which inserts a new subsection (4). I gave an undertaking that my Department would re-examine this area. Having considered the...
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: This Bill, when enacted, will be subject to a simultaneous exercise with the medicinal regulations Act, which is the reason for the absence of a timeframe. We do not generally have timeframes.
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: Yes and no. Question put and agreed to. SECTION 14.
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: The Senator's amendment states 2003.
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: I accept the amendment. Amendment agreed to. Section 14, as amended, agreed to. Title agreed to. Bill reported with amendments and received for final consideration. Question proposed: "That the Bill do now pass."
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: I thank Senators for their contributions. We had a very good Second Stage debate. The importance of debate is that we tease out every aspect of a Bill and the area with which it deals. We have done well in this regard and, as the Bill moves to the other House, I will reflect on the debate which took place in the Seanad. We should not forget that there was broad agreement on key points, such...
- Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: Was that promise made?
- Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: In the last one?
- Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: I appreciate the opportunity to speak to the House on this important issue. I have listened very carefully to the views of Senators in relation to the extension of the BreastCheck screening programme. I hope to deal with some of the issues they have raised. I have no disagreement with the essential tenet of what is being said in relation to the need for an extension of the breast screening...
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (11 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: Is pribhléid dom bheith anseo chun an Bhille seo a chur os comhair an TÃ. The Bill I am bringing before the Seanad today seeks to modernise the Opticians Act 1956, as there have been no substantive amendments to that Act since its provisions came into force in 1959. During our deliberations, one of my Department officials remarked that this Bill has been awaited for 30 years. There is now a...
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (11 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: I will propose an amendment to delete the words "or treatment of the eye".
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (11 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: I made the EU reference in the context of the deregulation of ready-made readers.
- Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (11 Feb 2003)
Micheál Martin: I thank all the Senators who contributed and welcome their broad support for the legislation. We will deal with some of the points raised in more detail on Committee Stage. Senator Feighan welcomed the Bill, although he did suggest that section 12 was perhaps too restrictive. It is designed to achieve a balance by facilitating optometrists in terms of being able to examine for specific...