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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Varley and I welcome Professor Trevor Duffy, the president of the Irish Medical Organisation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I now call the other members of the committee starting with Senator Burke, followed by Deputy Mitchell O'Connor and Senator Crown.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator, with respect, if you had been here for the beginning of the meeting-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: -----you would have heard that we have to finish by 11.20 a.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator, you might just show respect to other members of the committee and stop grandstanding. We have been here since 9.30 a.m. The point I was making is that the Senator has just one minute remaining in his contribution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Go raibh maith agat.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: For the record, the Senator spoke for over seven minutes. I remind the witnesses that we must finish by 11.20 a.m. in order to facilitate the second part of the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: We will come back to this again if we have time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Sorry. If the Senator does not mind, I will chair the meeting. I have called Mr. Breen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank all the witnesses for attending. This is the first of a set of hearings and we will resume again on Tuesday next. We will suspend until 11.30 a.m. when we will meet the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. Again, I thank everyone for attending and for their co-operation and participation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind members to have their mobile telephones switched off and also that a vote on a Bill is due to take place. I formally welcome the new European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Dr. Vytenis Andriukaitis. He is very welcome and I extend to him a ceád míle fáilte. I also welcome his officials who have accompanied him this morning. We are extremely privileged...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: May I stop Dr. Andriukaitis for one moment? As he will be aware, parliamentary democracy continues. There is a vote in the Chamber. With the permission of the meeting, given the importance of the visit, if Deputy Ó Caoláin and I would be-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Ó Caoláin and I might be paired. If members from the other parties want to go to vote, Deputy Ó Caoláin will pair and the Senators will remain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Neither have I. I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Commissioner Andriukaitis for his very challenging presentation of priorities for the year. Our committee is very proactive in dealing with many of the issues he raised, and we have a broad remit extending from the health area to children's rights and the care of the elderly. At the end of our meeting I will present to the Commissioner a copy of a related report dealing with the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: The Commissioner can see we are very passionate, as he is, about our health.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I wonder whether the Commissioner might comment on the issue of the Ebola virus. We are anxious to hear about the visit he made in that regard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Andriukaitis on my own behalf and on behalf of the committee for his active participation in this morning's meeting. As Deputy Ó Caoláin rightly said, he spoke about the three Ps and he certainly showed passion in his presentation. I thank all of his cabinet members and members of staff who were here with him this morning. I thank Mr. Scannell and Mr. Miko, who were...
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: You left us.
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: We know that.