Talk:Mary Harney

message: Harney has been involved in lots of scandal and has often been accused of being out of touch with the Irish public. In December 2001, Harney used a Government plane which was 50% funded by the European Commission to open a friends off license in Co. Leitrim,  describing the event as "important" . Harney, at first, refused to apologise  to the Irish tax payer stating that she had no other way to travel that day until the European Commission became involved, she later admitted that using the plane was wrong . The aircraft was to be used 90pc of the time exclusively for maritime surveillance .
In May 2006, the Irish Nurses Organisation unanimously passed a motion of no confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Health, Mary Harney . They accused her of being  negative and antagonistic towards nurses  and criticised her for their long working hours on what they described as un-competitive pay rights . Liam Doran, General Secretary of the INO pleaded with Harney to "speak with" and not "at" the nurses . The nurses and others, including, Economics and Social Care lecturer Tom O'Connor have accused Harney of favouring private hospitals as she transferred private beds in public hospitals to privately operated for profit hospitals .
In Feburary 2006, three hundred people were waiting on hospital trolleys according to the Irish Independent, worse than the figure the previous year, this many see as an indication of Harney's approach to the Irish health service.
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Megapixie 01:25, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: I have removed the following from the main page until proper references can be provided. I feel it only fair that all parts of the article need to be referenced and not just those that point out certain areas of criticism relating to Mrs Harney. In fact, until this page offered some criticism to Mrs Harney, there was no such demand for references. I have provided references for all areas of criticism that I have brought attention too, I think it is now important that the below two points in particular are referenced, I think to say that Mrs Harney presided over any boom in the Irish economy is absurd.
:Generally when specific claims are made, that are not generally known in public or are quotations, then they should be referenced. In particular this official policy of wikipedia Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden of evidence in biographies of living persons. Djegan 22:03, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Prob a bit over the top but must be remembered that also Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment from 1997 to 2004. Djegan 22:03, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Take your pick, ,  and . Just a few. Referencing is not about citing every sentence in a cold, clinical way. Theirs a certain amount of initiative and checks and balance involved. Djegan 21:49, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  References? 

message: I just reverted a note added by an ip that she resigned per WP:BLP this needs to be cited (it might be true for all I know) - can someone provide a source ? Megapixie 00:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sources have now been added. Curtains99 09:06, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Resignation?

message: Is it just my computer, or is the photo of Harney very fuzzy? Perhaps a better on could be found? --BwB (talk) 14:33, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: NO comments on the photo? --BweeB (talk) 13:20, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fuzzy photo 

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