Maeve McLaughlin
Foyle · Sinn Féin · Northern Ireland
“However, as the Minister outlined, the Bill widened somewhat as a result of its passage through the Assembly, with the inclusion of the provision on smoking in cars carrying minors, the promotion and reporting of organ transplantation and organ donation, and the study by the Department on a levy on sugar-sweetened drinks.”
“Our amendment, which has been further amended by the Minister, provides an evidence base of the impact and details how a levy on sugar sweetened drinks would be administered, and I welcome the fact that it has progressed to Final Stage.”
“Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. On behalf of the Committee, I welcome the Final Stage of the Bill. <BR /> <BR />The objective of the Bill, as the Minister outlined, is to modernise the model of the code of conduct used by the Social Care Council to bring it into line with other health and social care regulators.”
“<BR /> <BR />The Committee considered the provisions on transplantation and organ donation as part of its scrutiny of the Human Transplantation Bill. The majority of the Committee supported the duty to promote and report on transplantation and organ donation.”
“This is simply to protect children from the effects of second-hand smoke or from even taking up smoking. The stark fact remains that 2,300 people die every year in the North from tobacco-related illnesses.”
“However, stakeholders were content with the provisions as made. <BR /> <BR />There was significant comment on what was not included in the Bill: the banning of smoking in cars carrying minors.”
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“Given that this is a British-Irish Council paper and that there has been recent discussion at the North/South parliamentary forum on developing all-Ireland approaches to this, I ask specifically for his intervention on the detox facility in Muff, County Donegal, which has effectively been a storeroom because there is no service-level agreement with the health authorities in the North.”
“Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I thank the Minister for his statement on what is a hugely important issue. Specifically, Minister, I request your thoughts on an issue around which there has been much debate, namely the recent tragedies connected with legal highs and, particularly, the drug being referred to as Speckled Red or Cherry Red, and some of the very positive work that Belfast City Council carried out in the removal of these substances from the shops. I ask the Minister specifically to intervene and use his office to ensure that local authorities pick up on the existing power to make sure that these are taken off our shelves. <BR /> <BR />I also specifically refer to the ongoing debate around detoxification and rehab. The Minister will be all too aware of some of the debates in and around the Western Trust area.”