Results 6,401-6,420 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: Some people believe it could cost the Exchequer.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: I assure the Deputy that it is not a revenue raising measure.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: That is not true.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: Doctors have increased their fees.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: The Deputy knows quite a few who have increased fees.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: I will not have any professional gain from it. I do not have a surgery.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: Does the Deputy oppose the reduction? The reduction only applies to professional fees and not to gross income.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: In other words, 40% is discounted, which is the input cost. I hope the Deputy is not too worried about how much he will lose.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: It will apply to 8% of the remainder. I hope the Deputy will support that.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: I know the Deputy was against SwiftCare up in north Dublin, but the patients choose where to go.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: We do not have a GMS list.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: The VHI has lost 40,000 young members this year to date.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: To its competitors.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: They have, yes.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: Everything will be free?
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: I think we should send in the Department of Finance.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: How much do they pay their doctors and staff?
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: I honestly think it would be a good thing for the debate if the Deputy's proposals were costed in the Department of Finance in the usual way.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: Even in Holland people can take out extra insurance and go to other places. That does not only apply here.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (19 May 2009)
Mary Harney: We have been trying to do this since 1996; since a member of Deputy O'Sullivan's party introduced the original Bill. That is the reality.