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Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I have not even started yet. There has been a two year delay in addressing this issue and we now have to deal with it at the last minute. I am not blaming or criticising the Minister but it should not have taken this amount of time to deal with legislation. The legal obligations of the State should not be dealt with at the eleventh hour; it is bad business and bad practice. I am glad the...

Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Thank God we still have power in Cork. We are the most important county in the country, in my mind.

Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important that we work with the local authorities and people in Cork on this issue. Deputy Harrington raised the issue of fluorescent colour coding and people have raised this issue with me as they seek measures to prevent a decline in road safety. Many of those to whom I have spoken have said it would be a way to assist drivers. A tangential point on road safety is that our haulage...

Written Answers — Constitutional Referendums: Constitutional Referendums (22 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the Referendum Commission in respect of the thirtieth amendment to the Constitution; the amount paid to date; if he will detail any further anticipated costs and expenses; the costs and expenses expected to be incurred in the period provided for the commission to report to...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made on legislative proposals to abolish upward only rent review clauses; if he has considered other alternative options for facilitating commercial tenants to obtain reduced rents which reflect the current economic realities faced by businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36171/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in an effort to alleviate the pressure that commercial rents are placing on businesses if he will consider legislating to provide an incentive for landlords to reduce commercial rents to a verifiable sustainable level provided that any such incentive would be proportionate to the effect of a rent reduction on the landlord's income;...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken towards establishing a stoke unit at Cork University Hospital; when the unit will be open and staff assigned to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35980/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by him and the Health Service Executive on agency staff in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36167/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any instruction given to local Health Service Executive service providers to cease using agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36168/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider mandating the Health Service Executive to assign the budget used for agency staff to recruit additional front-line HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36169/11]

Review of Serious Incidents including Deaths of Children in Care: Statements (17 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Gabhaim buíochas leí as ucht an díospóireacht seo a láimhseáil. The Minister has perhaps the most important job in the Cabinet. For many people, she has become a signal of change and of a new start. Children have been put first by the Government and the State. It is important that a new Department is dedicated to children and youth affairs. The...

Review of Serious Incidents including Deaths of Children in Care: Statements (17 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: My comment was not directed at Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Not to yours, anyway.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Mental Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I compliment Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan and the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, on the speeches they made last night. Those who have not read them should do so. As both the Minister of State and Deputy O'Sullivan pointed out, mental health has become the Cinderella of the health system. We believed the publication of A Vision for Change would deliver a new era, a new dawn and a...

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (16 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: What about quantum research?

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: What about quantum research?

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (15 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the referendum commission in respect of the 30th amendment to the Constitution; the amount paid to date; if he will detail any further anticipated costs and expenses; the costs and expenses expected to be incurred in the period provided for the commission...