Results 18,241-18,260 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: I am not certain. There were difficulties with it but the Minister of State has taken over responsibility for this issue. I will have to come back to the Deputy on the second matter. I am not aware of what legislation is committed and when we will have it.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: I will have to speak to the relevant Minister as I am not certain of the reason for that.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: No. I understand it will be published next year.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: I am not aware whether legislation has been promised in this area but I will speak with the——

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: It may have been recommended but I am not aware it was ever agreed. I will have to pursue the matter with the relevant Ministers.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: And so say all of us. The Government has, like members of all parties, to be fair, intensely lobbied United States representatives on this matter and I hope that lobbying will be successful.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: The timescale will depend on legal advice. If we are advised that we cannot publish without following due process and natural justice, that advice must be accepted by the Government. The Attorney General advised the Government that 15 days from a date last week would have to be given to the parties mentioned in the report. The intention of the Government is to publish the report thereafter...

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: The answer is no.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: Any hospital doing this was told not to do it.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: I agree. The Deputy should bring such cases to my attention.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: There is no intention to change the Health Act.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: We recently established regional fora where members of local authorities are involved.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: The parliamentary division of the HSE is being strengthened. Professor Drumm has given timelines in regard to responses.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: If anybody thinks the former health boards were preferable to what we have now, they need to think again.

Death of Staff Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: On my own behalf and that of the Government, I also express my sympathy to her family on the sad and sudden death of Ms Breda Courtney. Ms Courtney has worked in the Oireachtas since 1978 and was a parliamentary reporter since 1996. She was a Kerry woman with a strong interest in the GAA. She was completely committed to our work in this House, and it was with great regret that we learned...

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: It is proposed to take No. 16a, motion on membership of committees; No. 16b, motion on referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council framework decision on simplifying the exchange of information and intelligence between law enforcement authorities of the member states of the European Union; No. 16c, motion on address by the Honourable John Howard, MP, Prime...

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: When this matter comes back from the committee there will be a debate in the House.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: I understand the CPP met to discuss the arrangements for this visit and that they were unanimously agreed. Furthermore, the Chief Whip agreed there would be a debate in the House this morning, at the request of Deputy Stagg and the Opposition.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: There is no legislation promised in this area. I repeat that the former chief executive of Aer Lingus did a fantastic job.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Mary Harney: It is not a perspective I share. The Taoiseach may have intended to use the word "strip" instead of "steal".