Results 13,901-13,920 of 24,340 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of ambulance breakdowns since January 2008; if he will provide a description or reason for each breakdown; if he will provide details of which county each breakdown occurred in; if a patient was being carried in the ambulance at the time of breakdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47197/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 348. To ask the Minister for Health since 2008, the number of ambulances that have broken down more than once; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47198/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 349. To ask the Minister for Health since 2008, the number of ambulances that have been taken off the roads as a result of breakdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47199/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (3 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme, if he will confirm if the expert panel specifically considered the interests of deferred members, both shorter service and long service members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46432/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (3 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 138. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will consider providing assistance in funding the purchase of a building (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46434/14]
- Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Listening to the contributions of Deputy Kelleher et al., I felt it was a bit like the parishioner who at the beginning of Holy Week went to the sacrament of reconciliation but, not having the courage to go in private to the confessional, went for the open absolution instead to purge himself of his sins. I am sorry Deputy Martin is not present tonight, because he was the architect of much of...
- Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The sum total of the Fianna Fáil health policy amounts to just 244 words tonight criticising a budget and service plan that delivers more for health than Fianna Fáil ever dared consider. I accept the motion is not down to Deputy Kelleher, but it is the continuation of the Punch and Judy theme Deputy Martin promised to get rid of. However, he constantly resorts to that tactic to...
- Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Which is part of a two-term policy.
- Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We have committed to abolishing the HSE. We have begun the process of reform but we have always said that reform will take time. It has not been abandoned, as Deputy Kelleher knows, and the Future Health strategy framework is the blueprint for that. Let us look at what the Government has done in its time in office in terms of the clinical programmes and in terms of capital. Today, we were...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The capacity review report is not yet available and in fairness, while the joint committee can bring them in before Christmas if possible, I believe we would be speaking in a vacuum without that capacity review. We have received one part of a report in a series of reports that does not give members the whole picture.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed. Again, I will bring them in as soon as possible. I have no argument or problem with that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed. I will try to get them in before Christmas. That is fair enough and I have no issue with it. I again thank the witnesses for their attendance and again welcome formally Mr. Phelim Quinn as the new chief executive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: In regard to what?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: While we can all refer to this anecdotally, in the case of my family we had a first responder who probably saved someone's life by being prompt and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy made a request to bring in the HSE and I will do that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy only made the request a minute ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The joint committee can address that at its meeting with the HSE before Christmas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: That is a generic question. Today we are dealing with the national review.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Maloney has indicated. He has not spoken yet so I call him next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Their work is very important.