Results 12,081-12,100 of 24,340 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask Ms Gilmartin to conclude. Her ten minutes are up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: May I interrupt Ms Gilmartin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Rather than reading her entire submission, Ms Gilmartin might give a copy to the clerk. We will circulate it among members and it will be put on the record.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Gilmartin for her presentation and apologise for interrupting her. I invite Ms Susan Lohan of the Adoption Rights Alliance to make her presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Lohan. I call on Dr. Ruth Barrington of Treoir to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Barrington. I welcome Ms Rhoda MacManus, secretary, Adoption Loss Natural Parents Network of Ireland and call on her to make her presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: This is not an inquisition. All of the witnesses are more than welcome and I urge them not to be afraid to give their views. The purpose of this meeting is to hear their views but I shall watch the clock.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the final speaker, Mr. Paul Redmond of the Coalition of Mother and Baby Homes Survivors, CMABS.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask Mr. Redmond to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Redmond and all the participants. I will move on to hear from committee members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy has.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I will hand back to our witnesses now. I am conscious that we have another meeting as well, so if members could make their points succinctly, it would help us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Hard cases make bad law.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the members and our witnesses this morning for an informative and detailed debate, as well as the thorough presentations. We do appreciate the time they have spent here this morning. The questions and answers reflect the complexity of this sensitive area. I thank them all for their advocacy work and for being present here this morning. They have raised a variety of issues which we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask witnesses to keep their presentations tight because we want to hear their views and the question and answer session is very useful. Their submissions will form part of the document that will be sent to the Minister. I welcome the witnesses. This is our final session on the pre-legislative scrutiny on the heads of the Adoption (Information and Tracing ) Bill 2015. I thank them for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask the witnesses to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask Ms Deirdre Pemberton of the Council of Irish Adoption Agencies to make her presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Pemberton. I invite Mr. Conor O'Mahony of the faculty of law at University College Cork to make his presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Conor O'Mahony and call Dr. Fergus Ryan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr.Ryan. I call on Ms Patricia White, social worker with Barnardos, post-adoption services, to make her opening statement.