Minister of Health Álfheidur Ingadóttir will submit a bill to parliament next week on an age limit of 18 for tanning salons. She is thereby following the advice of the Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority, which proposed the ban in November. Posts Tagged ‘Minister Of Health’
New Legislation to Ban Use of Sunbeds for Children
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Minister of Health Álfheidur Ingadóttir will submit a bill to parliament next week on an age limit of 18 for tanning salons. She is thereby following the advice of the Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority, which proposed the ban in November. Former Health Minister to Rejoin Iceland’s Cabinet?
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
There are rumors circling that Ögmundur Jónasson, an MP for the Left-Greens, who resigned from his post as minister of health last year due to a disagreement with the government leaders on Icesave, might rejoin the cabinet. South Iceland Inhabitants Protest Healthcare Cuts
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Minister of Health Álfheidur Ingadóttir was presented with a petition signed by 9,897 inhabitants of the Sudurnes region in southwest Iceland yesterday, encouraging her to prevent further cutbacks to the Sudurnes Healthcare Institution (HSS). Greenlandic Patients to Be Treated in Iceland
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Greenlandic authorities are hoping that around 80 patients can be sent from Greenland to hospitals in Iceland for treatment every year. Greenland’s Minister of Health Agathe Fintain is currently in Iceland with a Greenlandic delegation to discuss this proposal. Declaration of Intent for New Hospital Signed
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Minister of Health Álfheidur Ingadóttir and chairman of the Icelandic Pension Funds Association (IPFA) Arnar Sigurmundsson signed a declaration of intent yesterday on constructing a new Landspítali hospital in Reykjavík. Ogmundur’s Hissy Fit
Friday, October 9th, 2009There is a storm warning in Iceland. And it is not just the weather which is huffing and puffing.
The last week has been a difficult one for the government and especially the Left Greens. Ogmundur Jonasson resigned as Minister of Health and told whoever wanted to listen that it was because he could not agree with or support the government in concluding an agreement with the British and the Dutch because of IceSave. He still claimed that he supported the government.
Since then the speculation has been mounting whether the Left Greens are de facto two parties, one lead by Steingrimur J. Sigfusson and the other lead by Ogmundur Jonasson. This has not done the party, accused in the past of having all the complaints and none of the answers any favours politically. Then Ogmundur’s bizarre praise of Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson after the first debate of Althingi did nothing to calm the uncertainness within the country. Who is backing whom?
Would Ogmundurs hissy fit lead the Progressives or the Independence Party back into government before they’ve taken responsibility for their part in the economic disaster? The message to a divided country seems unclear.
One notable and positive change in Icelandic politics has emerged. It should be celebrated that issues are discussed and even debated within the government after years of what appeared to be the “bend over” rule of “dominant leaders”. Say what you will about the IceSave agreement, when it is concluded it will have been discussed to pieces in an Icelandic society which has been lacking in open critical discussion for quite a while.
But Ogmundur needs to play his cards right in the next few weeks. He and his supporters need to present an alternative to the IceSave agreement and the IMF that makes sense. If they don’t then they are just pouring oil on the fire.
Iceland’s Health Minister Resigns Over Icesave
Thursday, October 1st, 2009Iceland’s Minister of Health Ögmundur Jónasson resigned yesterday due to disagreement with other cabinet ministers on how to approach the changes to the Icesave legislation preconditions, requested by the British and Dutch governments. Ogmundur Resigns Amid IceSave Chaos
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Ogmundur Jonasson has resigned as Minister of Health.
He handed in his resignation as he could not support the government on the IceSave issue which is likely to be back on Althingi’s table.
The government is meeting at 6pm. Are we in for yet another farce?
Update: The government seems to be trying the only sensible thing, to stick together. It is going to be hard to find an agreeable solution on IceSave but leaving the stage for the Independence Party and the Progressive Party right now would be akin to a national suicide.
Level of Healthcare Service Will Drop in Iceland
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009The Icelandic healthcare sector is looking at an ISK 7 billion cut in the next national budget and Minister of Health Ögmundur Jónasson said it is self-deception to think that the current level of service can be upheld. Solution on Icesave in Sight within Iceland’s Government
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Minister of Health Ögmundur Jónasson of the Left-Greens and Left-Green chairman, Minister of Finance Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, are hopeful that a satisfactory solution can be reached in the dispute over the Icesave agreement so that all members of the coaltion parties will vote for the government’s proposition on the matter. Fate of Iceland’s Government in the Hands of One Minister
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009If Minister of Health Ögmundur Jónasson of the Left-Green Movement remains opposed to the Icesave agreement, the coalition between the Left-Greens and the Social Democrats might come to an abrupt end. MPs from both parties agree to that.