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Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister for his speech and welcome him to the House. No one denies that a great deal of money has been spent on the health services. No one says that he has been doing nothing over the last few years. However, in spite of all the money being spent and the effort made, we seem to have terrible problems in some situations. I agree with some of my colleagues who have said that...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: I assure the Minister that I would not want to mislead the House on anything. However, irrespective of what the Irish Nurses' Organisation says, I frequently see two nurses trying to do the work of eight. I am told that it is because they cannot get other staff. I must accept what my nursing colleagues tell me, just as I must accept the fact that morale is very low — a large number of...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: I will do so.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: The list is exhaustive, and while the Minister is not the person to be described as at fault, he is responsible for those not getting them up and going.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: The Minister has been driven mad now for about five years, so he must really be at his wits' end. The length of time necessary to make progress on any of these issues is unbelievable. Perhaps the Leader will be able to fill us in about Mullingar Hospital.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: Sorry. I meant when the Leader speaks. Sometimes one can get absolutely no answers on any of these issues. How long is it since the radiotherapy plan for the country was issued? I understand why Waterford and Limerick have not got going. They want to get Cork and Galway going first. However, what about the two in Dublin? Apparently no decision has been made about the two radiotherapy...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: I attended that session of the committee and it was months ago. A decision must be made. I was a member of Comhairle na nOspidéal, which was frequently blamed for the delay in the appointment of consultants, but I often found that the delay was longer in the Department of Health and Children because the financing is not available for posts long before they are needed. One consultant told me...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State. I will start by echoing Senator Maurice Hayes's comment that it would be really cruel to have the hopes of so many people raised and not bring forward the resources needed to implement this very good Bill. I was delighted the Title of the Bill was changed, for a start, to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003. There is a large...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: This has been an interesting debate. The Bill is stroke politics at its worst. I am astonished Fianna Fáil, which is an astute party in terms of its monitoring of the electorate, has introduced such legislation. I am amazed given that party's problems in the recent local and European elections that it has brought it forward. The electorate will not be fooled by it. I am involved in many...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: Is the Senator formally seconding the proposal?

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: I do not believe there was any such connotation.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: Like other speakers, I am pleased the visit of President Bush last week went so well and I congratulate all those involved. Some people appear to have difficulty with what the Taoiseach says, but I normally find him a model of clarity. I was concerned, however, when he was asked about the transport of prisoners through Shannon Airport to Guantanamo Bay. He said UN Resolution 1546 states that...

Seanad: Carmichael Centre. (23 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley. As long as I have been in the House, Governments of all hues have urged the voluntary sector to work with them in addressing various problems in society. The Carmichael Centre is Ireland's first, largest and busiest centre for voluntary groups and it is entitled to Government support. It has many...

Seanad: Carmichael Centre. (23 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State and I will get after the Eastern Regional Health Authority now.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (23 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: As one who has long been concerned with the rights and treatment of prisoners, I welcome the Bill. It is extremely useful. I wish to raise with the Minister a matter which has been of great concern to the House. Can he assure us that untried and unsentenced people are not being brought through Shannon from goodness knows where to Guantanamo Bay? We raised this issue in the House several...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (23 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: ——and it has been a cause of real concern to us because many Irish citizens would not like to think that was happening.

Seanad: Genetically Modified Foods: Motion. (23 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State. I thank Senator Quinn for putting down this motion and for asking me to second it, which I do now. The definition of genetic modification produced by the US-based SCOPE research group is as follows: The techniques of modern genetics have made possible the direct manipulation of the genetic makeup of organisms. In agriculture, genetic engineering allows simple...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: I support Senator Brian Hayes and Senator Ó Murchú in their call for a debate on the rationale or lack of regarding the issuing of visitor visas. Recently a member of the Nigerian Government could not visit Ireland for the occasion of his son's conferral at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. A senior official from the EU's Danube Waterway project was refused a visitor visa,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: People are refused entry to this country for a number of days, often for important family occasions, without being given an explanation for this refusal.

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2004)

Mary Henry: Amendment No. 14 is related to amendment No. 7 and both will be discussed together.