Results 15,281-15,300 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr

Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am following the Deputy in great detail.

Seanad: Hospital Staff. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Senator McHugh for raising this matter on the Adjournment of the House. I would like to take this opportunity to set out the current position with regard to cancer services in the north-west region. The Government is committed to making the full range of cancer services available and accessible to cancer patients throughout Ireland, including the north west, in line with best...

Seanad: Hospital Staff. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I assure Senator McHugh that this issue, which I discussed recently in a different context, is on the table. It is clear that the Tánaiste has taken a personal interest in the matter. Greater North-South co-operation on health matters is vital for the future health of the people of County Donegal because, as the Senator correctly notes, long journeys to St. Luke's or other destinations in...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The amendment tabled by Deputy McManus proposes to allow the council to make professional awards at certificate level of qualifications for health and social care professionals. I believe the Deputy is referring to the awards currently granted by the National Social Work Qualifications Board. Deputies will be aware that this board is being subsumed into the council under the legislation. It...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This is exactly what the Government is doing. The Deputy has walked into this one.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The single transferable speech does not work on this one. The Deputy should read the Bill.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Government fully supports the thinking behind the amendments which are consistent with its general policy. While it is desirable that membership of both the council and the different registration boards be gender balanced, the Minister cannot accept the amendments. Deputy Ó Caoláin walked into the trap when he made the single transferable part of his speech concerning jobs for the boys...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I appeal to Deputies to examine the precise terms of section 9 which provides that the council will comprise a chairperson and ordinary members appointed by the Minister. The concept of appointment by the Minister which the amendments tabled by Deputies Ó Caoláin and McManus seek to change is highly qualified by the subsequent provisions of the section. For example, subsection (3) provides...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am sorry, but you did not seek to amend that provision, so I do not need to take that kind of cheek from you.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: You did not——

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: You need not patronise me in this House.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: No one is seeking to intimidate the Deputy.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: He has an absolute right to do so.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It does matter.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I assure Deputy Ó Caoláin that I always listen to his every word with the greatest of care. I was commenting on his amendments since they do not seek — neither do those tabled by Deputy McManus — to prescribe how the Minister should make his own appointments. They purport to describe how all the appointments to the council, which is the overarching body regulating such professions, and...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Oct 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Decisions on the issuance of financial support towards the cost of child care are currently under consideration by the Government. This follows the submission to the Cabinet committee on children of a set of policy options developed by the high level working group on early childhood care and education chaired by the National Children's Office, NCO, which is under my remit. The high level...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I certainly have every confidence in the Tánaiste and the political will that was demonstrated by her appointment. I have sat through a number of these debates——

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: ——not just since the Tánaiste became Minister for Health and Children but also under the stewardship of the previous Minister, Deputy Martin.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I will not go through the statistics but we have had a significant increase in investment in the health service and the number of personnel deployed in it.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In the entire period since I was appointed as a Minister of State at this Department in July 2002, I have never once heard a constructive idea from the Opposition benches about how to better manage the health service.