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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I will allow Senator Burke to come in at this point because he will have to leave soon to speak in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind the Deputy that the subject of this meeting is the corporate plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I invite Mr. McEnery to reply to the questions that have been asked and the comments that have been made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. McEnery for his comprehensive and informative presentation. I wish to pay tribute to the authority's chief executive, Dr. Tracey Cooper and thank her for her outstanding stewardship of HIQA to date. I also wish Mr. McEnery well in his position and thank him for being here today. I invite Senator Crown to respond to the presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a sobering thought for the rest of us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We are dealing with the corporate plan today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: That is an unfair question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To clarify, this is an additional meeting, called by this committee. It is not the fault of the Whips that it is clashing with Dáil business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We are here to discuss the corporate plan, as opposed to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Today's agenda is the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, corporate plan for 2013 to 2015. I welcome the new chairman of HIQA, Mr. Brian McEnery, and the head of communications, Mr. Marty Whelan. I thank them for attending and extend my apologies for the delay. Parliamentary democracy is wonderful, but it means we have votes which sometimes cause inconvenience for our guests....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: It is good to have it, however. Mr. McEnery is here to introduce himself as the new chairperson of HIQA and to discuss the priorities he and HIQA have in the corporate plan. Before commencing I remind the witnesses regarding privilege. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. However, if they are directed by it to cease giving...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons that the liability date for local property tax is in November of the preceding year; if there is a procedure for dealing with the anomaly created when a property is sold between the liability date and date when the tax is due and the former owner remains liable for the local property tax; if he will consider rectifying this situation; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork on blind pension is not eligible to participate in a JobBridge programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50179/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (26 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the organ donation policy in respect of gay men; if this policy differs from other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50235/13]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Alteration of Eligibility Criteria) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I must interrupt the Deputy because a vote has been called in the Dáil.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Alteration of Eligibility Criteria) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Will we resume after the vote in the Dáil?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Alteration of Eligibility Criteria) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Minister of State take Deputy Healy's point on the review into consideration too?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (21 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013 and has made no amendments thereto.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Alteration of Eligibility Criteria) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: The issuance of letters is an issue. The fear of God is instilled in people, particularly the elderly, when there is no need to do so in many cases. We all accept that some people who have medical cards should not have received them. When Deputy Billy Kelleher's party was in government, patronage was ripe. That was the way it was then, but everything has changed.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Alteration of Eligibility Criteria) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We have driven people completely demented and there is no need for it. It is welcome that at the initiation of the Minister of State and the Minister the HSE now has a communications plan and the letter has been changed but profiling is an issue that should be examined. People in their 80s and older are coming into to our offices petrified. Deputy Seamus Healy has made a good suggestion...