Results 19,241-19,260 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I understand it will be the middle of this year.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I will get back to the Deputy on the matter.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy is out of touch. I met them a few weeks ago.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I beg the Deputy's pardon. I met the group's chairperson.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Mr. Carey and his colleague are preparing the report. They will submit the report, which will be published. To the best of my knowledge he has not submitted the report. It will be published almost immediately. The family will have an opportunity to see it first. I understand the timeframe for its publication is April.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: In this morning's newspaper, I read about the report of Dr. Hannon, the microbiologist in the Mater Hospital. The HSE is seeking a copy of that report.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Nothing really changes. The week I became Minister for Health and Children, Deputy McManus was saying these kinds of things and the tune goes on and on.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: We fundamentally changed the manner in which health services are delivered when we introduced that legislation. It was a radical step which in time will be seen as having been extremely significant. Those responsible for managing services are accountable for the money spent.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: It was opposed by both main Opposition parties and many people in official Ireland.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Expecting somebody to deliver services without being accountable for the money is crazy.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I am responsible for health policy and in this House every week I answer a couple of hundred questions and I am more than happy to do so.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Operational issues, such as some of the issues to which the Deputy referred, are matters for the Health Service Executive and are handled all the time by the executive. I have experience where Deputies ring me and I ring them back with information. The following week I receive a parliamentary question even though I have given them the information. I will not embarrass any of them because one...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: If people want information, they will get it, and I assure Deputy McManus that there is no question of my not answering parliamentary questions.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Operational issues are a matter for the HSE, as the Deputy knows.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the law applicable to contractual obligations — Rome 1 — back from committee; No. 13, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a Council regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism is delighted to accept Deputy Kenny's congratulations on behalf of the Irish football team.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I will check with my office whether my willingness to meet representatives of Parents for Justice to discuss the Madden report on organ retention has been communicated to them. I have indicated that I am more than happy to meet the group on foot of its request for a meeting. I will have to get legal advice on whether the documentation that was submitted by Ms Anne Dunne SC can be made...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: As I said to Deputy Kenny, a Bill providing for repayments to those who had to pay long-stay charges will be presented to the Cabinet next week. It is intended that the legislation will be brought through the Oireachtas over the next few months and it is hoped that it will be passed by the summer. The legislation has proven to be quite complex as a result of issues relating to wards of court,...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I do not have any expertise in this area. It is not a matter for me to carry out the inspections. The Medical Council is the regulatory body for the medical profession and it also approves the training facilities, such as the college of obstetrics. Those bodies have issues which must be examined. I have arranged to meet next week with Dr. Hillary, the president of the council, and his...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The heads of the Bill on medical practitioners legislation will be published between Easter and summer so that people can have an input into defining the legislation before it is published in the autumn. That legislation informed our thinking in advance of this report. When a doctor becomes a consultant in Ireland, he or she is placed on a specialist register and stays on it for the rest of...