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  • Minister failed in her duties over Tallaght - Callely

    SEANAD:THE MINISTER for Health was among those who had failed in their duties in regard to what had happened at Tallaght hospital, a Government member said. Referring to the failure to review thousands of X-rays, Ivor Callely (FF) said this scandal was a wake-up call for action.



  • A not so happy birthday for Harney abroad

    DÁIL SKETCH:MINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney celebrated her 57th birthday yesterday far from home but with the words of her Dáil colleagues echoing in the New Zealand air. The news that it was her birthday came courtesy of Fine Gael?s PJ Sheehan.



  • New Zealand trip an 'abuse'

    MINISTER FOR HEALTH Mary Harney?s two-week trip to New Zealand has been described as an ?abuse? of the system where Ministers represent Ireland abroad for St Patrick?s Day celebrations.



  • Customs headache: Private use key to smuggling issue

    CUSTOMS OFFICERS have difficulties cracking down on the number of cigarettes an individual can bring into the country for private use from other EU member states. If tobacco or alcohol goods bought abroad are not for personal use, excise duty can be charged on them. At the Dáil Public Accounts Committee, Revenue chairman Josephine Feehily said the indicative quantity for cigarettes was 800.

  • Tax breaks impaired viable hotels - Shortall

    PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE:THE DEPARTMENT of Finance was accused yesterday of undermining viable hotels by giving out ?329 million in tax breaks for new developments over a four-year period.



  • Opposition demands Tallaght debate

    THERE WAS UPROAR in the Dáil and the House was suspended for a time amid repeated Opposition demands for a debate about reports of thousands of unopened referral letters from GPs to consultants at Tallaght hospital.

  • Sacred Heart statue moved to new location

    A statue of the Sacred Heart which the Health Service Executive (HSE) South said it was forced to remove from the entrance of the Killarney Community Hospital ?for health and safety reasons? has been re-erected, but not at its original position. The statue is now to the side of the hospital and was put there yesterday morning.