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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: No, the Deputy is over his time. Deputies Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and McConalogue are not members of the joint committee but they wish to ask questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To get an answer, it does. The Deputy should be aware he may not be able to get an answer to a specific question right now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I call the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Burke asked a question about the time limits-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: In terms of the EU working directive, a number of parents of non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, came to see me because they were genuinely concerned about the number of hours they worked, their health and the stress they were under. I have spoken to members of the Irish Medical Organisation who were involved in the NCHD sub-committee and they are concerned.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Dr. Mark Murphy and other NCHDs came before the committee some weeks ago. I do not want to put Mr. O'Brien on the spot in terms of the deal done on career path this week with the Labour Relations Commission but one of the major points from that meeting was the need for a clear career path for our own Irish-educated and trained professionals to stay here rather than going abroad to work,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Does Mr. O'Brien want to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I raise a point on which I do not want an answer today but ask that the witnesses might revert to me on it. It concerns extra accommodation charges being imposed on University College Cork medical students. I accept it is not necessarily their job but they might examine it in a different way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I did say I did not want an answer on it today. Deputies McLellan, Fitzpatrick, Troy, Flanagan, McConalogue-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: My apologies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I am glad the Deputy is back chairing the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: No, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To whom is Senator Burke addressing his question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: There are five other speakers. I will call the Minister to respond to those questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Can the Minister return to the relevant matters?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To be fair to the Minister, we are only dealing with the questions submitted. He would not really be prepared to respond to the matter to which the Senator refers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister is not here to take part in our scrutiny of EU matters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To be fair to the Minister, that is not part of our remit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy must be very brief as there are several members waiting to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will now move on to the next group of members who have indicated, beginning with Senator Colm Burke.