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Seanad: Hospital Infections: Motion (14 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: When Deputy Michael Noonan was Minister for Health in 1995, he announced that MRSA had been discovered here 20 years earlier.

Seanad: Hospital Infections: Motion (14 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: It is true. I have documentary evidence of it if Senator Ulick Burke would like to see it.

Seanad: Hospital Infections: Motion (14 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: "welcomes the Government's commitment to promoting patient safety and high-quality health services and in particular to the setting up of the commission on patient safety and quality assurance; supports the objective of the commission to develop clear and practical recommendations to ensure that...

Seanad: Hospital Infections: Motion (14 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: I will be honest that I am firmly on the side of the consumer in this regard. The Minister and the Government are endeavouring to tackle the situation as the current position is unacceptable. I am delighted the Fine Gael motion advocates the control of visitors. I recall a time when my local hospital in Mullingar controlled the number of visitors to a patient. The hospital might have let...

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: This is a mutual admiration society.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: I thank the Minister of State and my colleagues on all sides of the House for passing this important Bill, which brings into focus the need for people in the medical field to pursue careers in geriatric medicine and geriatric nursing. That people are living longer is to be welcomed. A related debate focuses on what role people in their winter years can play in society. In many respects,...

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: The Senator might as well dream here as in bed.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: At 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: Does the Senator want people hired without a contract?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: There should be a debate on health services. Listening to the other side of the House, one would swear on a mass book that the Minister for Health and Children was responsible for the laundry.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: I will say to the far side of the House that it could not get rid of the health boards quickly enough.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: My remarks are directed to that side of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: Senator Leyden referred to medicines. A sub-committee of the Joint Committee on Health and Children has almost completed a report on the adverse effects of pharmaceuticals which will make for an interesting debate. All Members of this House should call for legislation to curb the availability of drugs on-line. This has serious implications for public health and we should be as one to...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: To listen to some people in this House, one would swear she was responsible for laundry, cleaning and everything else. Talk about maturity.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: I support my colleagues who referred to the Dr. Neary case. It was an opportunity lost, which is extremely regrettable. The fitness to practice committee of any profession exists to ensure the integrity and standing of that profession is protected. I hasten to add I worked with many fine consultants. This was terrible and poured mud on what was already an extremely hurtful and traumatic...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: I support the concerns expressed by colleagues over the MRSA bug. Infection control officers should be employed in all major hospitals but is that the case and, if it is, what is happening in that regard? The control and disposal of waste, especially human waste, have always been a nursing role, because of the high risk of infection. I also share the concerns expressed over visitors. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: Perhaps it will be attended to.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (1 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: The Senator is not throwing in the towel already.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (1 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday 6 February 2007.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Camillus Glynn: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to debate the Landlord and Tenants Act. I have received a number of complaints from neighbours of tenants who, to put it mildly, are neighbours from hell. One such complaint came from a lady who lives alone. Her next-door neighbours made her life a living hell. When she complained to the landlord,...