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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome everyone to today's meeting, at which we will engage in pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the public health (alcohol) Bill 2015. I remind people that mobile phones should be switched off or left in aeroplane mode, as they interfere with the broadcasting of proceedings. This meeting marks the beginning of the joint committee's pre-legislative scrutiny hearings to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Professor Murray for his interesting and challenging paper.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Tá vótáil sa Dáil. Más féidir leat, cur deireadh leis an ráitéis. We will suspend in three minutes and then return to the meeting after the vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I will allow the Deputy resume after the vote. I apologise to witnesses but parliamentary democracy requires that we vote.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on determining the medical services that are exempt from value added tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10054/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on making craniosacral therapy exempt from value added tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10055/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 458. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding provided by Irish Aid to India in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10395/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 459. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration is provided to Government expenditure on military, and space exploration, technology, when allocating funding, provided through Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10396/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if planning permission is required where a residential property is changed from being owner-occupied to rented; if not, his views on such an approach being a feasible proposal for further consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10164/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount invested on an annual basis by Fáilte Ireland to market County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10214/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the strategies and policies his Department and / or Fáilte Ireland have in place to promote County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and-or Fáilte Ireland will provide a commitment to market Cork city as a destination and stop-off point for visitors to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10219/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Promotion (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the strategy his Department and / or Fáilte Ireland have in place to promote Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10216/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans and capital funding his Department and-or Fáilte Ireland have committed for developing Elizabeth Fort as a key piece of Cork city's tourism infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10218/15]

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope Deputy Billy Timmins is still my colleague and friend. He may have strayed for a while, but he will be always welcomed back in our tent, which is a big one.

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: This is a very important day. It is days like today on which one has a sense of pride in being a Member of the Dáil. If we cast our minds back 30 years, we remember that those of us who are gay were discriminated against and criminalised. Those of us who are transgender were marginalised and cast to one side by a society that was uncaring and unkind. I commend the Minister of State,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (5 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: There has been significant public comment on and interest in the relatively high cost of prescription drugs, the affordability of high-tech drugs to treat rare diseases and the rate of penetration of generic drugs in Ireland. Historically, the cost of branded pharmaceuticals has been considerably higher in Ireland. At various stages the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (5 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Maher for her presentation. I invite Dr. Leisha Daly, president of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, to make her presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (5 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Daly for her presentation. I invite Ms Sandra Gannon, general manager of Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland, to make her presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (5 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask Ms Gannon to conclude because she has been speaking for ten minutes.