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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cystic Fibrosis Unit: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: In respect of the questions raised by Senator Zappone-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cystic Fibrosis Unit: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Could Mr. O'Dwyer address the other questions raised by members?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cystic Fibrosis Unit: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Have representatives from the hospital met the association since the incident?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cystic Fibrosis Unit: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: In the case of Cork, is the development of the facility there being prioritised and is it ongoing? Where is it on the list? There are a number of them and Professor Gallagher will address them. The association has carried out significant fund raising and has identified the areas in which it will work in partnership with us to help us on the capital build because, as members can appreciate,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cystic Fibrosis Unit: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Thank you, Mr. O'Dwyer. I will now take questions from members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cystic Fibrosis Unit: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Perhaps Mr. Jermyn would update the committee on the circumstances surrounding admissions to St. Vincent's University Hospital and the action being taken by the management of the hospital in this regard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cystic Fibrosis Unit: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: We all concur with Mr. O'Dwyer's remarks in regard to the work being done in this area by Professor Gallagher, whom I thank for his presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cystic Fibrosis Unit: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Arising from our meeting last week, there was a proposal from Senator van Turnhout that we would discuss current practice in relation to the cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's Hospital. I welcome Professor Charles Gallagher, Mr. Gerry O'Dwyer, Mr. Nicholas Jermyn, Ms Martina Queally and Ms Mary Godfrey. Mr. Ray Mitchell from the HSE is also present. I remind members and people in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cystic Fibrosis Unit: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: A copy of the presentation has been circulated to members.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: It is important to put the debate in context. When I listen to the largest Opposition party, in particular, it seems as if amnesia has set in. This is the party that took €16.50 a week from the disabled and the blind, those who required the most help from the State. Its members have come here tonight ready to cast their votes, but they have brought forward no propositions. I...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I would be embarrassed. In its last two budgets before it left office Fianna Fáil slashed core weekly payments on which citizens relied. In our case, as a Government, we restored the minimum wage, maintained core weekly payments and have a plan to restore the country's finances. That is why there is positivity regarding the 2,500 places available on the Tús scheme, which will...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I know what the Deputy did; he should not worry. If we want a true sense of republicanism, let us have parity on the island.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Those of us who want to see an Ireland of equals are trying to achieve this.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin's mentality and attitude is that it does not want the country to succeed in order that it can grab its supporters and wave its little flag. That is the reality.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is for nothing and against everything. Her little fancy world was-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The budget is one that many of us in the House would never wish to introduce because it impinges and impacts on people. Some €3.1 billion is not small change. However, the Government is committed to the renewal of the country. It is about creating a new Ireland, whereas the party on the opposite side which promised clever politics practises the same clapped-out type it has practised...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: That was Fianna Fáil's way. For 14 years it led the people a merry dance. The problem is that they now recognise it is preaching more of the same.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil's record in government is that it got rid of the Green Party, buried the Progressive Democrats and could not cope with the Labour Party. Now it has nobody with whom to coalesce.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: This is recognised by the people. I am out and about every day. I knock on doors and listen to people. Their message to me is:"You have been given a mandate to get the country back."
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: That is what we are going to do and it requires tough decisions.