Results 601-620 of 1,966 for speaker:Mary Henry

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: I second this practical amendment, which I hope the Minister of State will accept.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment. Amendment No. 2 must be considered under the canopy of the Good Friday Agreement which states that, where possible, legislation must be introduced which is consistent between both parts of the island. As Senator Browne pointed out, it will soon be possible for pharmacists to prescribe certain drugs in Northern Ireland. We do not want this provision to be introduced...

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment. As Senator Browne stated, this is a difficult area. The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, will share the concerns expressed by his colleague, Deputy Tim O'Malley, who is a pharmacist by profession, about the quality and type of drugs increasingly being purchased by mail order over the Internet. It is worrying that people may procure drugs without cognisance...

Seanad: Oncology Services: Statements. (8 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House for this extremely important debate. When someone telephones to say he or she has received some bad news about his or her health, this all too frequently refers to having cancer. This is most unfortunate because the international results for the treatment of cancer have improved significantly within the time that I have been involved in medicine....

Seanad: Oncology Services: Statements. (8 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: This is an important test in young women. I knew someone in her 40s who recently died from cervical cancer. The Irish Cancer Society claims there are an unnecessary 60 to 70 deaths a year from cervical cancer, even when it has a high cure rate. I applaud Senator White for raising this issue in the parliamentary body.

Seanad: Oncology Services: Statements. (8 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: A cervical cancer screening programme must be introduced at once. Nine years ago we were told it was to be rolled out but no progress has been made. BreastCheck is another important programme which must be rolled out nationwide. I am extremely glad it is not advertised too often. I wonder how I would feel if I lived in part of the country where BreastCheck is not available, only to be told by...

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: With regard to amendment No. 52, will a person appointed under section 32B(1) as an authorised officer have the same powers as officers of the Customs and Excise? They will both be called authorised officers but will they have the same powers?

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: I support the Minister of State and Senators Glynn and Browne. It is very unfortunate that the overuse and abuse of antibiotics has not come to the fore in the debate on methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, MRSA. We need to highlight that point not only for the prescribing professions but for the general public because the points made in this debate are not being raised in the debate...

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: I support the amendment because it is a good idea. Some people have strong views on the origin of meat, in particular. After a certain length of time, exported Irish beef herds acquire another nationality. Six weeks in a field in northern Italy can do much for one. Will bringing in these regulations cause any reciprocal troubles with other countries to which we export beef?

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: I am disappointed by the amendment. This is an odd place to insert the proposed section.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: I do not query the Acting Chairman's ruling on amendment No. 17 being out of order but would accepting it not have incurred a saving for the State rather than a charge? As Senator Quinn said, perhaps the Minister of State could re-examine it before Report Stage. Speaking as a member of the medical profession, there is much pressure to continue prescribing the most heavily advertised drugs....

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: I support the Minister of State in what he stated at the end of his reply about a small number of people on useful drugs which have been around for a long time. What makes one a little suspicious is that price is important and these drugs are frequently very cheap. Those patients who take them are being obliged to try to make do with a much more expensive alternative. It would be most useful...

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: Yes.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: Like Senator Browne, I support the amendment. I would not have agreed to go on the visit to Barcelona if I had known nurse prescribing was being included in this Bill. I only discovered it from one sentence in the Minister's speech on Second Stage. In fact, I might have missed it only a friend of mine, who is a nurse, told me it would arise in this Bill. She was better informed about the...

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: Given the proposals for direct entry into midwifery, will this legislation cover midwives?

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: As Senators O'Toole and Ormonde have mentioned, I am alarmed by the development of these newly certified types of child protection officers. We should inject urgency into this matter and ask the Minister for Education and Science into the House to explain the position these officers will take up, if any, in schools. Will this be in a paid or a voluntary capacity? We should investigate this as...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: Unfortunately what I said in June 2004, at the end of the Bill's passage in this House, is even more apposite. While I welcomed the Bill, I was worried about the transfer of unsentenced persons. Unfortunately, we are still in the same situation to date with certain aeroplanes going through Shannon Airport. At the time, the Minister told me that anyone going through Shannon Airport——

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: May I compliment the Minister when he said those prisoners would be covered by the Constitution if they were on such aeroplanes? I sincerely hope the Minister will do his utmost to ensure this. It is extremely gloomy that a year and a half after we last debated the Bill we should be continuing with the same lack of information about what is happening to people who may be going through our country.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (6 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: The introduction of this Bill was an excellent initiative and a sensible decision by the Minister. There is little point in people from abroad serving sentences here or Irish people serving sentences abroad. The primary purpose of prison must be to rehabilitate prisoners in order that they can take their place in society again. It is considered much better if prisoners serve their sentences...