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Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: Perhaps this is why Professor Halligan did not come.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: Are the superannuation contracts of consultants appointed under Comhairle nan-Ospidéal preserved under this section? Section 63 makes it seem that way but I wish to make sure.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: I am glad Senator Feeney raised the issue of protected time. Given that the Department of Health and Children will now be solely in charge of policy, it seems that this service board will have extensive control over postgraduate training, with regard both to finance and time.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: This would solve the Minister for Education and Science's problem about points, if more people could get in. In addition, while more women opt to study medicine we do not know if any men are applying. I have been trying everywhere to find that out but I do not think male students are applying to study medicine in the same numbers as women students are. I would be most grateful if the Minister...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: Yes, he did.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: I am sure voluntary and community groups have been in contact with the Minister of State to communicate their disappointment at not being involved in a more formal way in the formulation of the Bill. Senator O'Meara put it well when she observed that workers in this sector are not just service providers. In particular, they are advocates for the various groups with which they deal. There is a...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: It has already stretched out to six months.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: These are important amendments. I assume Adjournment debates in the Seanad are equated with parliamentary questions. It is extraordinarily difficult to get information. Almost a year ago, I asked the Minister for Health and Children in an Adjournment debate if he could tell me how many people with mental illness or intellectual incapacity for which there was no suitable treatment or...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: Senator O'Meara's amendment is important, as is her comment that the Dáil is rising on Thursday and we are dealing with Report Stage then. Are we just involved in a rubber-stamping exercise today and tomorrow? This is particularly important as there is industrial action in progress in the health boards because of what is regarded as the speed with which the Bill is going through the Houses....

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: Will the Minister of State take amendments?

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: I agree with people in the street who say they prefer to see what is proposed rather than the health boards which currently exist. The Minister of State was not here on Second Stage, but I voted in favour of the Bill. I do not want a total denigration of the health boards, because some of them have been responsible for huge initiatives. Senator Feeney said we must get everybody registered...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: I am also interested to hear it. The Minister may be aware of the considerable concern among the postgraduate training bodies as to what exactly this means. The board could have significant power over what facilities will be available for training. Professional competence is increasingly important in all parts of the health service, and I am not just talking about medical or nursing students...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: There is a serious problem in regard to continuing medical education. Will the board provide funding and will the other postgraduate bodies have to look to the board for funding?

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: Therefore, it will be in charge of the funding for postgraduate education.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: The Minister is not clear on this.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: It is happening everywhere.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: I also praise the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding his decision to re-examine the issue of people with Irish-born children. I hope he extends the proposals to people who have already been deported with or without their Irish-born children. Can the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment be urged to look at the situation regarding work visas for spouses of non-EU...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister to the House and very much welcome her Bill. I support Senator Browne's comments about the reports which have been issued by the Department of Health and Children over the past seven years. Approximately 130 reports have been produced at a cost of approximately €30 million but there has been very little action on any of them. While I welcome warmly the Minister's...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (10 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: Amendments Nos. 96 and 97 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (10 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: Order, please. Is the amendment being pressed?