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Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: My concern is if the patient will not give such consent.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: I am not totally happy about this provision but there is not much I can do about it.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: Sometimes they make a complaint and then realise, as has happened and as I have seen in court cases, information will be revealed from past medical records, they having thought only information concerning the subject of the current complaint would be produced. However, they suddenly realise that medical records will be produced and they do not like that.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: I like to praise the Minister when I can because people are giving out about her. It is good complainants will be told what will happen because they were not told in the past and it was a problem.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: Previously I raised the fact section 71(a) may not be appealed, either on the facts or the censure. This is where a person can be given advice, an admonishment or a censure in writing. I gather this is because of the legal advice the Minister has been given in view of the case before the courts at present. People will feel very aggrieved if they cannot appeal an admonishment if they...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: I always give praise when I possibly can. It is very good the council is looking at the situation of people in other jurisdictions. This has caused problems, even in the immediate past. It is most important relevant information is exchanged between jurisdictions.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: I am very concerned about the lack of specific details regarding funding for education and training. The only reference in the section states that the HSE should give advice to the Minister on medical and dental education and on all other matters, including financial matters with regard to the development and co-ordination of specialist medical and dental education and training. I refer to...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: A considerable amount of fanmail has been sent to all of us about the influence the Minister might have through her appointees over any newly formed Medical Council. It is important to note that this section means the Minister, personally or through appointees, will not give advice on the ethics or professional conduct of registered medical practitioners. I do not know how or why some...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: Some of the letters I received suggested that the Medical Council was in favour of the sending of such correspondence. I have been informed specifically by the president of the Medical Council, Dr. John Hillery, that this is not the case.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: I hope the Medical Council will not have to spend too much time and effort on preparing business plans. If one examines such plans a few years after their publication, when circumstances have changed, one will learn that they were fairly ridiculous in light of what was going on. I hope the council will not have to devote too much of its time to business plans.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: It might not look good if I did not support this amendment. Local authorities have nothing to do with the election of university Senators. I support this amendment because it is important that local authority members are considered eligible.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: That is fine.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister. This is an important Bill not only for the public but also for members of my profession. As the Minister stated, the protection of the public is given prime importance in the Bill, but in regulating the medical profession it is also important to ensure it has confidence in the way it is being regulated. As the Minister is aware, there has been much criticism of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)

Mary Henry: Like Senator Maurice Hayes, I am relieved that the nurses' dispute has not become a party political issue. We have to remember that market forces are on the nurses' side. The shortage of midwives in this country is so desperate that women are being seen later and later in pregnancy. Those who are employed in many of our maternity hospitals are under such stress that they cannot be...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I am not one of those who believes that when a body is established, the Minister in charge of the relevant area automatically loses responsibility. If one reads legislation such as the Health Bill 2006, which will come before the House today, or the Pharmacy Bill 2007, which came before the House last week, one finds that when a Minister appoints people to a new body he or she retains a...

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: Before we commence, I remind Senators that they may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of an amendment who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. Amendments Nos. 1 and 5 are related and will be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I spoke on Committee Stage about the fact that a member of a local authority cannot be on the authority. People talk about the politicisation of these boards but there is political control over them already. When they are set up, the Minister does not let them go on as they wish. She can remove all the board members from office if she thinks they are not performing their functions in an...

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: Senator Ormonde should be allowed to speak without interruption.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: Amendments Nos. 8 to 10, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together, by agreement.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Henry: I share the concerns of all those who spoke about water pollution. Senator Mansergh said we should not have this problem because of the large supply of water in the country. To a significant degree, the cause of the problem in the west is due to flood waters which, unfortunately, have got into the drinking water supply. Earlier this month, Senators will have read in newspapers of a tragic...