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Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 35: In page 50, line 35, after "profession" to insert "for a minimum period of three years full-time practice". I am aware of the difficulties in dealing with existing practitioners. Grandfather or grandmother clauses are extremely important because we do not wish to see people who, because of the form of training they underwent in the past, are ruled out of practising in...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 36: In page 61, line 5, in the second column, to delete "Chiropodists" and substitute "Podiatrists".

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I am sorry that many of the amendments we tabled were not accepted. I am particularly concerned about the Bologna process. I went to Trinity College and got the relevant documents. Before this Bill goes into the Dáil someone needs to look at it very carefully as regards the Bologna process and to consult with both the Department of Education and Science and the universities as well as the...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 4: In page 12, line 21, to delete "not". It is foolish to dictate that "a registrant is not eligible to be appointed chairperson", as a registrant may transpire to be the best person for the job. We are always ruling people out of jobs. In this instance, we are deciding that a registrant may not be considered for the role of chairperson. I have proposed this amendment...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I never suggested putting forward a registrant with a spine like a begonia. I think it is a pity to rule out people in this way. One might find just the right person for the job and he or she could be ruled out because of this stipulation.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 10: In page 20, line 38 to delete "fostering" and substitute "assuring". As I said when tabling a similar amendment on Committee Stage, we must do more than foster high standards. Registration boards must ensure high standards. The word "fostering" does not place a sufficient onus on them to do so.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I do not accept the Minister for State's explanation. This section refers to the object, function and powers of the registration boards. It is stated that the objective is to protect the public, which should require more than fostering high standards of professional conduct and professional education, training and competence among the registrants. That is insufficient assurance for the...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 11: In page 22, lines 22 and 23, to delete "who are engaged in the practice of the designated profession" and substitute "who hold the qualification as indicated in Schedule 3 of the relevant profession". The wording as it stands is too loose. It implies that no professional qualifications might be required. It is not specified that a person must possess professional...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 12: In page 22, line 28, after "profession" to insert "or where there is no such institution in the State, a person engaged in the education and training of persons with respect to the practice of the designated profession in another Member State of the European Union". It is important that the Minister examine this amendment because there is no training institution in...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I am very disappointed because it would appear it is better to have no representation from education than to have someone from a country which is aspiring to have the same academic qualifications in that discipline. Again, I go back to the Bologna process and ask if the Department of Education and Science was consulted about this legislation because it has a major bearing on it. We are...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: Amendment No. 21 deals with the proposals set out in my amendment. I could barely believe the provisions set out in the original Bill whereby a register could be published at the times and in the manner a registration board considered appropriate. The most important point with a professional register is to ensure that those who should be off it are taken off it while those who should be on it...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: As Senator Browne said, this addresses the concern I expressed on Second Stage. Sometimes complainants do not realise how much information will come out in public. They have to be given the opportunity to have their complaint brought forward in private. People should not be put off by the fact that there may be publicity. I welcome the Government amendment.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment. I am sure Senator Ryan is right, in that it would be challenged and that we would all end up in the High Court with this.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 1: In page 9, line 3, to delete "chiropodist" and substitute "podiatrist". I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Seán Power, to the House to discuss this important Bill. The reason I want the word "podiatrist" substituted for "chiropodist" is that the professionals referred to in the Bill are required to have degrees in...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I regret this very much because I do not believe that the 70% of chiropodists, represented by the body mentioned by the Minister of State, are those with university qualifications in podiatry. As the Minister of State knows, we are enthusiastic supporters of the Bologna process, which tries to ensure reciprocity of degrees across Europe. Some 40 countries now subscribe to this and Ireland was...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment. Like Senator Ryan, I feel Senator Browne's amendment is more precise and that it would be the better amendment for us to accept. I return to the Bologna process. What consultation has the Minister had with the officials of the Department of Education and Science about that process and its implications on this Bill? The situation is serious. The document that issued...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: It is very relevant because it is to do with comparability of degrees and the fact that confusion can be caused if we are not careful in the matter. This is the problem here because one qualification involves a university degree whereas the other does not appear to be linked to any third level institution in this country. On the adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable degrees,...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: That is right. It is one of the problems.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: On a point of information, the Minister of State did not answer my question and say whether the Department of Health and Children had discussed the Bologna process with the Department of Education and Science when it was introducing this legislation.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment. I am glad Senator Glynn is present because he has a great deal of experience in the psychiatric area. He understands that the damage done to people who are treated by unregulated practitioners is often not just physical. Serious emotional and psychological damage can also be done in such circumstances. That the various groups, many of which have contacted Senators,...