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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Breslin for his informative and courageous presentation. He is right that we are in a transitional period and that is why this morning is an opportune time to discuss this issue. I welcome Dr. Paul D'Alton, a senior clinical psychologist and head of the psycho-oncology department at St. Vincent's University Hospital, and call on him to make his presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. D'Alton for his excellent presentation. I commend Deputy Dan Neville, in his absence, on his work and advocacy on the issue of mental health. The Deputy sends his apologies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: We are here every Thursday morning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Breslin. I ask Dr. D'Alton to respond to the questions that have been asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: How does Dr. D'Alton propose we do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: In conclusion I thank both our witnesses. The presentations were powerful and we have had a quality questions and answers session. It is important that we do not leave it within this room, that we take the testimony from our meeting this morning to the next level to the Minister and to the Department. We are in a period of transition, both politically and because we now have more people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: That is good to hear.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (21 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of the family income supplement scheme by the number of children, by the average cost of each category, in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2633/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (21 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: 153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the consideration of proposals contained in the Irish League of Credit Unions’ social housing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2629/16]
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Martin was good at filling boards himself.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Adams was against the Seanad too.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I wish to raise two points in the context of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill in connection with the issuing of permits in the United States to a Norwegian airline for a transatlantic flight out of Cork. I have raised the matter with the Minister in the context of the EU-US Open Skies policy, which is a very important issue in the context of this House. Will the Taoiseach take...
- Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion and thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for tabling it. This motion should not be used as a political football. It is about the people, including the people Deputy Crowe spoke about this morning and hospital patients such as my father, and it also concerns the staff who work in hospitals. Those who use the word "crisis" should think about what...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (14 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: 121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of proposed flood relief works at Tullibeg in Ballinhassig in County Cork, given that homes in the area were recently flooded again, if he will prioritise this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1621/16]
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is very good at it himself, making up the laws as he goes on.
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: How is the Deputy's billboard going?
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: How is his billboard?
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: The billboard.
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: After four years in opposition, he could not put himself up on a poster.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Jan 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: 541. To ask the Minister for Health the grants available from his Department to help community and artistic groups to work with older persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46435/15]