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

Fergal Browne: They cannot change anything.

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

Fergal Browne: We have tabled amendments.

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

Fergal Browne: The Government guillotined consideration of amendments to the Bill in the Dáil.

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

Fergal Browne: We have tabled plenty of amendments to the Bill.

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

Fergal Browne: We have tabled these amendments and Report Stage amendments.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: Will the Leader organise a debate in the new year on sugar beet and the challenges that lie ahead? Will she invite the Minister for Agriculture and Food to the House to outline her position in advance of any talks at EU level, given that there will be major consequences for towns such as Carlow and Mallow and the south eastern areas that produce beet?

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2004)

Fergal Browne: What about Senator Leyden?

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

Fergal Browne: Exactly, so why rush the Bill and not debate it properly?

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

Fergal Browne: I do not think so.

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

Fergal Browne: What is the status of the Hanly report?

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

Fergal Browne: What is the status of the Hanly report?

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

Fergal Browne: I am confused. The public wants to know. Nobody knows the status of the Hanly report.

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

Fergal Browne: No more than members of Senator Glynn's party.

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

Fergal Browne: What about the Hanly report?

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

Fergal Browne: Where is the Hanly report?

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

Fergal Browne: Has the Senator got a firm commitment that the hospital will not be downgraded?

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

Fergal Browne: I welcome the Minister and her officials to the House. Her concluding remarks were somewhat ironic as she indicated that patients would be the winners. She also admitted the legislation is simple in one respect but complex in others. Why was the Bill rushed through the Dáil? The events in the other House yesterday, when amendments were accepted on Committee Stage and overturned on Report...

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

Fergal Browne: There is considerable ambiguity in this regard. Despite holding no meetings since last June, the health boards will remain in place for some time. The public is confused. Having initially been told the boards would be abolished as of 1 January 2005, we are now informed they will continue to operate for another six months.

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

Fergal Browne: That is definite.

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

Fergal Browne: That brings some clarity to the matter. The Minister spoke about consulting widely but has not done so. I have been contacted by many groups which are appalled at the manner in which the Bill was rushed through the Dáil. They suggested that some amendments which, incidentally, reflected Government policy, were not accepted or even properly debated. The Irish Nurses Organisation, the trade...