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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: How would Fine Gael pay for what it is offering?

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I commend the Minister. It is always a pleasure to have her in the House. She gives of herself and engages with Senators. This is a fine Bill and the pharmaceutical profession will be well served by it. It is historic because it took so long to be brought forward, but the Minister did it, for which I congratulate her. We have been sitting after the Dáil adjourned. This is a legislative...

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: That may be, but we are still here.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: He would have been a lovely companion.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I spoke about this matter on Second Stage. I had hoped those with pharmacies would not be penalised, unless they undertook refurbishment works or created space. Many family pharmacists work from small premises and give advice in private in a corner. I would be reassured if the Minister said they would not be compelled to implement the provisions of this subsection if they did not have the...

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Will this measure be phased in?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Cummins's point is well made.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes, the leader of the Opposition, asked if we were filibustering on the Defamation Bill. I have followed the debate on the monitor in my office and have been enlivened and educated about various matters, about which I did not know, from listening to Senator Norris, occasionally other Senators who tabled amendments, and the Minister. If Senator Brian Hayes is asking me if I...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I cannot bring any legislation to a conclusion. I understand it is the Chair who regulates that.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I am sure it does. It did not tell me that it did not, if that is what the Senator is asking me.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I do not know about that.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: No, that is between the Senator and me, is it not? We might be all slightly green with jealousy at Senator Norris's terrific photograph in The Irish Times today in the context of the debate on the Bill yesterday. A half of a page was devoted to him and his musings and the Minister's musings in reply to his. I said "musings", not "amusing". To answer Senator Brian Hayes directly, I am not...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I hope to renew my acquaintance with it but as of now I do not know anything about a filibuster.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator O'Toole wisely avoided that issue and concentrated on regional debates.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Mushrooms and James Joyce.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Like me, the Senator has been energised by listening to the exchanges. He raised the matter of regional debates but in my opinion this should be accompanied by regional visits. I suggest that if we were to discuss Dingle and Kenmare and their various hospital needs then we should visit those places——

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: We should go to the midlands——

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: ——and talk about various matters in the midlands. Senator O'Toole's point about having regional debates is a fair one.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: It will not be possible before Easter but perhaps after Easter, if there is to be a sitting after Easter. Senator Ryan complained that the final list of amendments to the Pharmacy Bill has only been circulated today although he does not blame anyone in the House for the delay. He asked me to speak to the Ceann Comhairle on the matter of the Dáil announcing that the Pharmacy Bill is on its...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: ——when the Senator is jumping, or else he says the word and Senator O'Toole is jumping. It is both amazing and great.