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Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The legislation will be to hand in this session, as I have already stated. It has proved to be extraordinarily complex legislation for two reasons. First, there are legal issues around wards of court and second, around the private accounts of those in institutional care and whether the institutions are agents of them. The Comptroller and Auditor General will have things to say about that....

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: This is more appropriate to a parliamentary question. There is no specific legislation relating to the issues in Cork.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: With regard to care of the elderly, I did not respond to Deputy Kenny's earlier question. When the Government finishes its deliberations on the interdepartmental report, we will make it available. The Pharmacy Bill ——

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Yes, hopefully. There are two pharmacy Bills, one dealing with fitness to practice issues and the other with premises and service issues, both of which will be before the House this year, I hope. With regard to care of the elderly, there are a number of issues involved. Obviously the Repayments Bill will be brought forward fairly soon in this session.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The report to which the Deputy refers will be published shortly.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Deputy Cowley, as a medical doctor, belongs to a profession that is very strong about self-regulation. If that is what he applies to himself, then why apply something else to others?

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's profession is very strong about self-regulation.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: I do not know much about Deputy Stagg's granny but I know enough about him to know he is not very open.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Both Bills will be brought forward this year.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: This year.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Of course.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The Minister is considering matters beyond the Ryder Cup involving all major events. The charities regulation Bill will be published later this year.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: It is proposed to take No. 8a, Finance Bill 2006 — allocation of time motion for Select Committee; No. 8b, Finance Bill 2006 — Financial Resolutions; No. 1a, Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2006 — Order for Second Stage and Second and Subsequent Stages; No. 14, Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Bill 2005 [Seanad] — Second Stage (Resumed); and No. 1, Building Control Bill 2005 — Second...

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The time being proposed by the Government includes from 12 noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 21 February, with two short breaks; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 22 February, with two short breaks; and 11 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. on Thursday, 23 February. That is a considerable amount of time and we are not in a position to give any more. Question, "That the proposal for dealing with Nos. 8a and 8b be...

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: This is a small technical Bill which would give the Minister the power to make regulations governing the first election of members of the council. Question, "That the proposal for dealing with No. 1a be agreed to", put and declared carried.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: With regard to representatives from Northern Ireland having access to committees in Leinster House, the Taoiseach has sought to get consensus among all parties. He has been acting in this capacity as leader of the largest party. It has not yet been possible to reach agreement on the matter. Over the past 12 months, as the Deputy is aware, there has been a report by Mercer on the issue of care...

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: On the article in The Irish Times this morning, the Government did not have any such report at Cabinet yesterday nor did it discuss public opinion polls on housing. I do not know where the report came from but it certainly was not on the agenda yesterday, nor did any such document form part of any discussion. I know the piece was written by a reputable journalist but it did not reflect reality.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: On Tallaght Hospital, the head of the National Hospitals Office, Mr. John O'Brien, has been in discussions with Tallaght Hospital on issues there as a result of both the process mapping that was done of the hospital and its procedures and policies. The hospital had very high levels of elective admissions this week, as it happens. Over a two-hour period it seems the numbers on the trolleys...

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The report on the cancer strategy has just been submitted to the Department of Health and Children. I am reading the report and I will make decisions on it very soon. I will have to go to the Government on the policy issues. The critical infrastructure Bill will be published later today and Deputy Sargent should wait to see it before he comments.

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: We will certainly not withdraw the Bill.