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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: VHI: Chairman Designate (19 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Downey for his very comprehensive presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: VHI: Chairman Designate (19 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind the Deputy that this meeting is about the appointment of the chairman designate as opposed to the day-to-day operations of VHI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: VHI: Chairman Designate (19 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Downey may not have the relevant figures at his fingertips, but in the past year has the company received many requests for new hospital set-ups?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: VHI: Chairman Designate (19 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Is there any role for a public-private partnership in the provision of health care or the creation of new hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: VHI: Chairman Designate (19 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I advise Senator Colm Burke that there is a vote in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: VHI: Chairman Designate (19 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: On my behalf and on behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Downey for his engagement with us in an open, informative and transparent way. The meeting was productive and informative. I wish Mr. Downey well in his appointment and in his term of office. I hope he has a successful tenure in achieving some of the goals outlined. I propose we send a transcript of our discussion to the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (19 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further details required for an appeal, in respect of an application for a student grant, to be considered (details supplied); if all supporting documentation supplied to Student Universal Support Ireland, with the initial application, has been forwarded to the Student Grants Appeals Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind Members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting, please, as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when on silent mode. This meeting has been convened for the purposes of consideration of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014. I welcome the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy James Reilly,...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Does any Member wish to make an opening statement?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: As Chairman of the committee, I join Deputy Ó Caoláin in standing with the Minister and complimenting and commending him. It is wholly inappropriate that as the elected Members of Parliament we are threatened by the tobacco industry. It is very important that in this public health initiative we send a statement not just to citizens, but across the Western world that we are in...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I will allow the Deputy to comment on a different section.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy may raise her point on cigars in discussing section 10.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Mitchell O’Connor should speak on the Bill please.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy should stick to the Bill.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Deputy Kelleher in asking the Minister to ensure that another generation will not be enslaved to nicotine. I, too, am concerned about vaping. We have to take vaping very seriously because there is a movement to vape in an enclosed space or in a pub. Has the Department taken the initiative and commissioned research on this or have we conducted research on the dangers presented at...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: What I meant is that we should use this Bill as the propellant to do other things around the issue of vaping that will act as a deterrent in the interest of public health. I think, like Deputy Kelleher, that we have allowed a nicotine culture to develop and vaping is seen by some people to be cool and safe.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Deputies Kelleher, Ó Caoláin and Healy, as well as other members of the committee, for facilitating the Bill being taken today in advance of tomorrow's national no-smoking day. It is important that we all subscribe to having a tobacco-free Ireland. I thank the committee members for their assistance and co-operation. I hope we will have a tobacco-free Ireland. Let us...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 and has made amendments thereto.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Given Mr. Walsh’s previous incarnation as chief executive officer of Aer Lingus and having spoken earlier with warmth and affinity for Cork Airport, in growing the business out of that airport, which is still the second busiest airport in the State even though it has had a 36% decline in passenger numbers, what suggestions would the acquisition and merger bring to Cork to increase its...