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SENATOR MARK DALY’S plan to recall the Dáil for a debate on transplant legislation may not go ahead following a letter from the Chief Whip’s office to all Deputies that states such a move would be “redundant”.
The letter from Paul Kehoe on the advice of the Attorney General stated that it would be illegal to annul the legislation that Minister for Health James Reilly has already signed into law:
Regulations made under the European Communities Act 1972 may not be annulled unless the Joint Committee on European Affairs recommends to the Houses of the Oireachtas that such regulations be annulled.
The note seen by TheJournal.ie also added:
There is no recommendation of the Joint Committee in respect of Statutory Instrument No. 325 of 2012 – European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012 – so any recall under section 4(2) of the 1972 is redundant. “
The Fianna Fáil Senator, who was nominated to the Seanad by the Irish Kidney Association, is outraged and told TheJournal.ie that “this is the first time in the history of the State the government has published advice from the Attorney General”.
“This is interference that has never happened previously,” added Daly. “It is clear that they are trying to stifle debate”.
Daly said that their legal advisors told them the Attorney General’s advice is “incorrect” and Daly is awaiting on more legal advice as to what their next move should be.
Daly has already successfully recalled the Seanad on the transplant legislation and they will meet on August 20.
He said he needs 56 signatures to recall the Dáil and so far he has 36. Earlier today, Independent TD Shane Ross said he would “sign the letter for a Dáil recall on the issue of organ donations”:
The recalls are based on legalisation about the implementation of an ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation and the lack of a National Transplant Authority overseeing the operation.
Daly also raised concerns over the lack of organ nurses in every hospital. They implemented the scheme in Britain and it has already increased organ donation by 50 per cent over five years.
Daly says that the proposed system is seriously flawed, adding that James Reilly had added an EU directive into Irish law, months before the Oireachtas health committee had discussed a system of presumed consent.
Daly feels the legislation will solve little for the 650 people on transplant waiting lists.
“We tried to have the law debated prior to the Minister signing it and that didn’t happen.“This is the first law in relation to organ donation in the history of the State and it doesn’t go far enough.The issue here is the 650 people who are on the transplant lists. They will not be helped by these laws. Our broken transplantation system will not be fixed.
What a nice way to start the week! Some good news…. finally!
Actual good news. Expect trolls to start abuse…..now.
40 red thumbs for good news. Nobody with the balls to say why. Not happy unless their miserable types probably need a ride.
It’s all a lie getting people to do a weeks work for 20 euro extra on top of there dole does not mean that their working for a proper weeks wage. This tus is a government scam.
And here come the begrudgers, no doubt. How sad it is that it is the default position of so many people on here to greet good news like this with cynicism and evident disappointment purely because it contradicts their “the end is nigh, blame the Government” narrative. Such a dark place to be.
I think they chose a nice picture of Richard for the article, he looks pleased and content and has a nice round bow tie.
One shouldn’t dare to have a critical mindset, lest one attract the dreaded label of ‘begrudger’. Sure if IBEC says there’s good news, it must be true.
Dietrich you are spot on ,take anything this government or any of its institutions says with a pinch of salt you are being sucked in by deception they only have their own interests at heart ,the political classes.
@Touchy.. I could possibly fit into the ‘begrudger” category you state, however to fight my corner I would usually be begrudging due to the fact the way the news is reported more than what it was trying to say. Usually its unemployment figures, however in this case they are actually showing employment figures on the rise, which is not just good news, but good new reporting, as its not trying to cloud the data with emigration, FAS courses and the like.
You can hardly argue with the fact there are more people in employment, hence more tax revenue for the government and hopefully less paying out on Dole cheques.
Drop the higher Vat rate to 20%. Scrap USC. Will create thousands of jobs in retail. Will kick start the local economy. Get Ireland moving again.
Fully agree. Now is the time to take chances while there are signs of a recovery to help boost that recovery.
Reduce VAT rate in construction/ building to 9%. 1 in 4 people on the dole are from the construction industry. A reductuon will help thousands get back to work.
unless the reductions are passed onto customers it will have no effect, it will just mean business making more profit
Its clear not all business passed on the last reduction in vat
Agree 100% but to drop VAT we must drop public spending. Income tax also needs to drop.
If they would only extract the CE, Jobsbridge, FAS courses, etc then we would havecactrue picture.
Having said that looking back over past weeks there does seem to be jobs (proper ones) coming up.
135,000 people are doing CE scheme, FAS courses and Jobsbridge.
Ok Lads lets deflect attention from this bloody referendubbbb
I concur with the comments about revealing the true figures. A lot of people I know that are long term unemployed have been pushed into education in September. While this is welcome, please give us a true unemployment figure. I reckon as many as 10,000 have been taken off job seekers and placed on education courses.
Ah a lovely bit of ambiguity to start the week off
34,000. How many full time jobs in that? How many off the dole. Emigration still soaring. Hardly positive when you look past the spin.
Why is IBEC called the employers group and not a union which they are?
Because that way they can espouse exploitation as ‘partners’ and not just as sh!thawks and vultures!!
Job bridge isn’t a job
That’s why they call it Job “Bridge” it’s a scheme for people to train and gain experience to later become employed. A lot of jobs today require that the applicant would have some experience working in that field, in some cases 2 years. It actually has been shown to be a success with over 60% of interns going on to find employment.
Richard looks like a simpleton.
Richard has a lovely smile, the dear boy!
Whew, the spin has me feeling dizzy.
That vat thing cost hundreds of millions in taxes each year , lets face it the low wage, part time seasonal jobs that where created where down to increased tourist numbers not a reduction in vat rate that was almost immediately pocketed by employers. Even noonan implied it wasn’t worth it(cost>benefit)
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