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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Where does religion fit into the end-of-life care scenario? It is a massively contentious issue or is that no longer the case? I was struck by Dr. D'Alton's comment on the tyranny of positivity. Will he develop that point? My brother was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and we were informed that we should always be positive about his condition. I hate to say it but even though...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a fair point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We will resume in public session. Deputy Neville had asked a question. I do not know to whom he directed it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Does anyone want to answer it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: On that point, is certification and training sufficient? There is nothing worse than if one goes in for bereavement counselling and gets a negative response. That compounds one's grief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Sure, go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Has Mr. Allen any comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I was struck by what Mr. Allen stated in his presentation about the issue of a retirement community for LGBT persons. Have there been advances in that model being unfurled or developed, or even in its embryonic stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I will ask one other question on that, given that I am a member of the LGBT community. In the context of the palliative care and end-of-life care for men and women who are in the LGBT community, has there been a perceived changing of attitudes in terms of next of kin given that we have seen the changes in civil partnership? Is that filtering down into the day-to-day running of wherever?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Keegan for her excellent presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I compliment Deputy McLellan on her performance on the radio. If performance on radio was measured, the Deputy would get a top class award.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Sorry to interrupt Deputy, but there is a vote in the Seanad. Would the Deputy mind allowing Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell make her contribution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We will suspend until after the vote in the Seanad. I will allow Deputy Neville finish his contribution and we will suspend then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. D'Alton for his excellent presentation. Our final speaker in this segment is Ms Orla Keegan, head of education, research and bereavement services for the Irish Hospice Foundation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Allen for his presentation and for the immense work done by GLEN. I call on Dr. Regina McQuillan, consultant in palliative medicine and medical director at St. Francis Hospice, and thank her for attending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. McQuillan for her informative presentation and written submission. I remind members that the written submissions have been included in their information packs. The submissions are very substantive and well worth reading. They will form part of the committee's final report. The next speaker is Dr. Paul D'Alton, head and clinical lead of the Department of Psycho-Oncology and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputies Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Catherine Byrne and Senators Colm Burke and Imelda Henry apologise for their absence. Deputy Billy Kelleher must speak in the Dáil in one minute. This is the fifth in the series of discussions on end-of-life issues. I welcome Mr. Odhrán Allen, Dr. Regina McQuillan, Dr. Paul D'Alton and Ms Orla Keegan and thank them for being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses not just for attending today but for the immense work they are doing. Our last meeting on this is next Thursday. We will then compile a report, which we will submit to the Department and the Minister. Hopefully, it will be a continuum to the next level of activity. The witnesses' contributions through the written presentations and their answers to questions have been...

Other Questions: Tourism Project Funding (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the provision of a Diaspora centre as an iconic tourism attraction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47468/13]

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause (7 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide for the use of social or local employment clauses in future capital projects under his Department’s remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47472/13]