Results 14,941-14,960 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: When somebody told me an organisation intended to make me an honorary fellow, I thought I should get rid of its power to do so as quickly as possible. That is a joke. The society no longer wants to have that power. I did not have a problem with it.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: That is right. Is it appropriate for a regulatory body to be able to do that? I will not go to war about this matter. I understand that the society no longer wants to have this power.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: I am told that quite a long amendment would be required to make the change suggested by the Senator. Can I return to the matter on Report Stage?
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: I will confer with the members of the society who are in Leinster House as we speak.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: As somebody who has been honoured with honorary doctorates, I am always amused when I see someone who has been given such an award referring to himself or herself as "Doctor".
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: I do not envisage that somebody with a fellowship from the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland will feel that the honour entitles him or her to practise as a pharmacist.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: Perhaps I would be very happy to accept such an award if it entitled me to work in this area. I do not think it would bestow such benefits on me, however. I will speak to the representatives of the society. I have been informed that a major amendment would be required. If that is the case, we might not be able to include a provision of this nature. I will return to the matter on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: That is right.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: The codes will not be voluntary. Section 12 outlines the manner in which codes of conduct will be given effect. I intend to ensure, subject to the agreement of the Competition Authority, that a code of conduct will not be used in a restrictive way, for example, as a barrier to entry. The Senator's proposal has already been covered in the Bill.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: We have already dealt with this issue.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: I am advised it is in order.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: It is an offence under the Act to give false or misleading information. It is probably dealt with under failure to comply with regulations under section 18. I wish to seek clarification on the point made by Senator Ryan about it being possible to strike a person off the register without the holding of an inquiry.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: There is.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: The Bill provides for this in a case where, for example, a pharmacist would agree to a different process such as mediation rather than going before the fitness to practise committee. It provides for this as a result of the outcome of such a process.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: It is understood. I note it is not explicitly stated and perhaps I can consider that for Report Stage. It is clearly understood that one would not send the society notice of a set of additional functions without having consulted and spoken to its members, checking if there is the necessary capacity and other related issues.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: We do not want to be too prescriptive. Normal relationships can deal with some of these matters.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: We are here to represent the public. How does one consult the public? Consultation is often an excuse to do nothing.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: After consulting the public.
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: Let us not be so prescriptive. Clearly, any extension of functions, I imagine, would obviously be done after fairly wide consultation. I cannot anticipate off the top of my head a situation that could ariseââ
- Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Harney: ââwhere the members of the society would wake up one morning and suddenly have a host of new functions.