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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members that their mobile telephones must be turned off. We will deal with correspondence and the minutes of our previous meeting at our meeting on Thursday morning. Apologies have been received from Deputy Catherine Byrne and Deputy Billy Kelleher. I welcome to our meeting Dr. Geoffrey Shannon, the special rapporteur on child protection, who is here to discuss his sixth and most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: The opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We can get that for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (19 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the tax credits available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48866/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes. I apologise. The Senators are still here, thankfully.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Members of the Seanad play a pivotal role in our committee. Speaking of the Seanad, I remind Members of both Houses – I am sure that Senator van Turnhout has done this - that today is the last day for the submission of questions for our quarterly meeting with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Good. I also remind members that we will meet next Tuesday at 5.15 p.m. with Dr. Geoffrey Shannon. The report has been circulated to members. If not, it will be done today. I will revert to members regarding the change in the schedule of the other meetings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Thank you Ms Breen. I draw the attention of members to the comments by the actor Gabriel Byrne to Simon Carswell in The Irish Times of 13 November. Perhaps he was resonating the points made by Professor Plunkett's today. Telepathy is good. I thank all the witnesses. Over the past number of weeks we have had six sessions to look at the end-of-life care in Ireland and what can be done to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: In regard to the issue around pastoral care and the CPE programme and, in particular in Cork University Hospital where there was a question mark about it continuing, is that programme still ongoing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Where are the other training venues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: In her presentation Ms Naughton mentioned the moratorium in the context of chaplaincy. Is there a big turnover in chaplains?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: In terms of personnel changing, retiring or leaving.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise for dwelling on this. Where does chaplaincy fit in the private hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Naughton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I call Professor Patrick Plunkett.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We will start in reverse order with Professor Twomey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We can assure you he is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Sorry, Ms Naughton, I will take questions from the three members first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise to our witnesses for the lengthy interruption. We did not realise the Taoiseach and party leaders would be making statements. I hope the witnesses are suitably refreshed from their respite. Deputy McLellan was in possession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Kelly for the presentation and for coming in at such short notice. That concludes the presentations. We now move to the question and answer session. We have apologies from some of the members who have had to leave because they must go to the Dáil Chamber. Deputy Ó Caoláin is taking Leaders' Questions, Deputy Kelleher had another meeting and Deputy Mitchell...