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Meath East By-election: Issue of Writ (5 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: Lord help us.

Meath East By-election: Issue of Writ (5 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: They will remember Deputy Martin too.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: When is it expected that the companies Bill will be published? The purpose of this important legislation is to strengthen and streamline the functions of certain company law enforcement agencies and make other necessary amendments to the Companies Acts. In light of the meltdown of the Celtic tiger economy, it is necessary to introduce new company laws.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Poverty Issues: Discussion with European Anti-Poverty Network (6 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: I thank the delegates for their attendance and for making their presentation. I agree with them that budgets should be poverty-proofed. Unfortunately, this was not done in the last budget but I will definitely push for it to be done in the next budget. Fuel poverty is a very big issue which is of concern to me. There is no regulation of the fuel industry. The four major fuel suppliers...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: Arise and follow Charlie.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: I have asked several times when publication is expected of the criminal justice (proceeds of crime) Bill. Could we have a timescale? I welcome the news this morning of the operation against diesel laundering plants North and South of the Border by Customs and Excise, the Garda, PSNI and CAB. The Bill will give CAB more powers to forfeit the proceeds of crime. It is a huge one. I welcome...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: Welcome the operation this morning.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists in Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14317/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle the number of patients on trolleys in Tallaght, Dublin 24; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14316/13]

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: What about the Galway tent?

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: Fianna Fáil is living in the past.

Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: When will the criminal justice Bill be published to deal with bogus charities collecting clothes in light of the documentary that was recently broadcast on this topic? It is not illegal to set up a bogus charity and go from door to door collecting clothes. Gangs are making serious money doing this. Will the Government publish legislation on sub-prime mortgage companies? This is a serious...

Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: When is the expected publication of the trust Bill, to reform and consolidate the general law relating to trustees so as to deal better with, and protect, trust assets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Whole-School Approaches to Mental Health and Bullying: Discussion (27 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: I would like to follow on from Senator Moloney’s point on social media and the guidelines that are in place in schools. Facebook and Twitter have no guidelines, or else the guidelines are very sketchy. Having been on boards of management down through the years, especially in secondary schools, I noted that board members had to act as judge and jury in deciding whether a young person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Whole-School Approaches to Mental Health and Bullying: Discussion (27 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: My question was on boards of management.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Whole-School Approaches to Mental Health and Bullying: Discussion (27 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: What I have noticed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Whole-School Approaches to Mental Health and Bullying: Discussion (27 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: Assessments should have been made in primary schools, but they were not. Therefore when one is on a secondary school board of management, one becomes part of the judge and jury. What policies have been put in place for boards of management? Not all bullying takes place in school. It is outside school and in the home also but there are no policies in place for boards of management. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Whole-School Approaches to Mental Health and Bullying: Discussion (27 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: I thank the witnesses for attending today. I had not intended saying what I said but I felt very passionate about it as it came from personal experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Absenteeism Costs Arising from Musculoskeletal Disorders: Discussion (27 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: I thank the gentlemen for their presentation, which I found very interesting. I have suffered from various muscular problems throughout my life. In respect of early intervention, it is very difficult for a GP or physiotherapist to diagnose the problem at the start and to get a picture of it. When I was X-rayed I was told I had a virus. I had muscular problems in my legs. I now have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Absenteeism Costs Arising from Musculoskeletal Disorders: Discussion (27 Mar 2013)

Ray Butler: I found that once one was paying, there were potential solutions for everything but that they were not solving the problem. I found that one had to keep persevering and that the process was never-ending. I am very happy to hear the practitioners in question will be qualified. I believed the people I was dealing with were qualified-----