Results 15,521-15,540 of 24,347 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: The HSE is being proactive and the insurers are dragging their feet.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: I will make that request on the Deputy's behalf.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: This is not relevant to this discussion. I will not allow it.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: That is for the quarterly meeting.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: This is a discussion on the Supplementary Estimates. This has nothing to do with JobBridge or anything related. That is a matter for the quarterly meeting.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: It is not. I am moving on.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: I am not being unreasonable. I am making this decision as Chair of this committee.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: Okay, thank you.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: That has nothing to do with the Supplementary Estimates.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: Has the Minister discussed with the HSE the practice of going to the steps of the court before deciding suddenly to compromise and agree a settlement? In the last couple of months we have seen a number of high profile cases in which people were pushed along because the HSE was reluctant to agree a settlement. This practice costs a huge amount of money.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: Is Mr. Byrne saying they do not have contact with insurance companies?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: I ask Mr. Byrne to explain that again.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: That is preposterous. Are we happy to allow that to continue?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: I realise it is not Mr. Byrne's job.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: It is bizarre.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: In respect of the point made by Deputies Kelleher and Neville, is it not opportune to have a recruitment campaign for nurses to keep them here as the Minister does with the non-consultant hospital doctors? Surely the Minister would agree with that?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: I accept that.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: As part of the Minister's reforming zeal, one of the powers we should have is the power to keep people and ensure they specialise in this country.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: We will be going through the heads individually in a minute. I remind members that this is not a quarterly meeting, so the Minister does not have to come back and answer all the questions. We will take it subhead by subhead, unless the Minister wants to reply on specific points now.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013) Jerry Buttimer: I will move the subheads as well, so I will give the Minister a chance to reply to some of the questions. This is not a quarterly meeting.