Results 15,641-15,660 of 24,348 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: On the amendments please.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Does Deputy Kelleher wish to come in?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I would like to comment on Deputy Denis Naughten's proposal regarding the engagement of the HIA with particular groups such as older people. The HIA's website is somewhat confusing, even for those of us who are some way nimble on the computer. The HIA, to be fair, has engaged in a significant amount of promotion, but it would be a great idea for it to engage with elderly people who tend to...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We are not criticising the website. However, it is difficult to navigate.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Okay.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We do not want to get hung up on this issue. The public information campaign being suggested could take the form of a roadshow, for argument’s sake. Deputy Denis Naughten has mentioned that €8 million is being spent in this area. Is there any capacity within that funding? We are familiar with the campaigns organised by the Road Safety Authority and the health promotion unit...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Neither am I.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked about the availability of certain figures.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To restate the point, it is all about the consumer. If the Minister carries out his audit and enacts legislation on competing policies, will the customer see a reduction in the cost of his premium? The Minister is correct; the graph is going one way and the cost is not coming down.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is straying a little.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy has made that point already.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are related and will be discussed together.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is straying off the Bill.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I do not think it is.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is straying from the Bill. We are on section 3.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I did not state the Deputy did not do so.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Section 3.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I have received apologies from Deputy Dan Neville who will be replaced by Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, and his officials, Mr. Dermot Ryan, Ms Patsy Carr and Mr. Paul Flanagan, whom I thank them for being here. Would the Minister like to make an opening statement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: In the context of the report that was mentioned and the figure of €30 million to which all the speakers referred, will Mr. Sloyan confirm that the figures cited in regard to the impact on public beds were given by the Health Insurance Authority in respect of 2012? Will he also indicate whether trends regarding the use of public beds were factored into the report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The €30 million figure is the only point on which we have had uniformity from the insurers this morning. Will that figure will be reviewed in terms of looking beyond 2012 to the future?