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Seanad: Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (12 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: Who will search Government websites? The Minister of State is wrong about the audience. It is precisely due to its nature that information must be published on a specific website.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: It is most important that this amendment is agreed.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: Like Senator O'Toole, I am concerned about the phraseology in this area. I also presume that "oriented" means "focused". I referred to the need to support basic research on Second Stage. I was anxious that we recognise the value of basic research because it appears that the foundation is very much geared, as in section 7 (1)(a), to looking at scientific endeavour which concerns the future...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: We need to be sure what "oriented" means, as it is mentioned twice in this section, in case it should cause confusion or trouble in the future.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: Could we look at it between now and Report Stage? If the word means nothing, it could be removed. If it means something, it should be explained.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: How many men?

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: That is not an equitable balance.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: Is four women and 17 men what the Department considers an equitable balance? This is important because this might occur with other Bills.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: I am dismayed that only four of the 21 members are women. I wonder what I have been doing for the last 30 years – obviously not half enough. Women have done a great deal of work in technology and science organisations and many students of scientific disciplines are women, including 60% of those in medicine and a high proportion in genetics. Role models are important so people can aspire to...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: Look what happened when the Cabinet met in Ballymascanlon – the health budget was scuppered.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: It is quite instructive to see who, other than elected politicians, is disbarred from membership of the board. Section 9(6) lists the only others to be disbarred: A member of the Board shall be disqualified from being such a member where he or she– (a) is adjudicated bankrupt,

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: Senator Quinn and I have objected to this stipulation in other Bills. Like Senator McCarthy, I cannot understand why a well qualified person, whose advice is worthwhile, should be appointed if that person cannot question or express an opinion on the merits of any policy of the Government or a Minister, or on the merits of the objectives of such a policy. It might be vital that this person who...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: On previous occasions when we have disputed this, I remember Senator Quinn saying that this person is not a civil servant. If the board disagrees with what he or she is doing, he or she can be fired. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Section 14 agreed to. Section 15 agreed to. SECTION 16.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State for accepting my amendment to amendment No. 12. Although this is an important section, it will be difficult to implement. It is probably advisable that a quorum of the board consists of five and that its committees may include members other than members of the board. The reason I take this view relates to my efforts to try to keep up to date with medical...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 12: In the proposed new subsection (7), to delete "the spouse," and substitute "the parent, spouse,". Amendment to amendment agreed to. Amendment No. 12, as amended, agreed to.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: I am delighted with the first part of the amendment which states that the accounts for each financial year have to be brought forward not later than four months after the end of the financial year to which they relate. When I first came into this House accounts were so long coming forward that by the time they arrived they were historical documents. I am a little concerned, however, to see...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: "Oriented basic research" leaps from the page here again but the Minister will be pleased to know that I have been able to contact my advisers, who have told me to leave it in the section. Researchers are always trying to go off to do research and I gather it is better to include it than take it out. Question put and agreed to. Section 25 agreed to. SECTION 26. Government amendment No. 16: In...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: I congratulate the Minister of State on getting the Bill through the House this afternoon. If he had not explained it so carefully we might have been here much longer. I congratulate him on the way he dealt with the Bill. It is wonderful that it is going through. The Tánaiste, the Minister of State and the Government are to be congratulated on ringfencing the money for this research and...

Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: I wish to share time with Senator Quinn. I welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome the majority of the Bill's provisions, including the updating of the terminology, fines and the deregulation of ready-readers. While the institute of opticians has naturally been in contact with Members, I have also had contact from the college of ophthamologists. The Minister recognised their...

Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (11 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: The drugs that optometrists want to prescribe are mainly local anaesthetics for the eye, as well as drugs that affect accommodation. The only reason for using drugs that affect accommodation is to examine the fundus of the eye. If one is examining the fundus of the eye, one is surely trying to diagnose the medical condition. Diabetes is one of the most important problems regarding disease of...