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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I had the pleasure of meeting you all at the launch of the Born too Soon report in Ireland last week. I have one question before I invite Senator Van Turnhout to engage with the witnesses. Am I correct that the funding for the transport service is in place and that what is at issue is staffing of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The committee will do everything it can to advance that cause. The issue of transport is vital in prematurity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: We will take questions together before asking the witnesses to answer them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: We will take questions together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Will Dr. Murphy deal with the questions from other members?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: For what specifically has the money been set aside?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Is it correct the ambulance service is based in the three Dublin maternity hospitals and can go nationwide within 45 minutes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: What happens outside of that specific time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Given the tracking and research, is there a reason that number will rise?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: How would Dr. Murphy rate our public health system on dealing with the issue? How are we doing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Not really. I will indulge the Senator a little.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, that would not be appropriate to the discussion we are having this morning. It would place Dr. Murphy and the members of the committee-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind Senator MacSharry that the Chair is independent and always acts independently. We are dealing with world prematurity day. Dr. Murphy is here in that capacity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not allowing the question to be asked or to be answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not allowing this committee to engage with this matter at the moment. We had a discussion on it on Tuesday at the quarterly meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's comments are wholly inappropriate and out of order.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: He is being very unfair. He is trivialising the matter, which is very wrong.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is doing a disservice to everybody by pursuing this line of questioning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank members for their participation in this section of the meeting. The second section of the meeting will follow immediately. I thank Dr. Murphy, Ms Wall and, in particular, Ms Daly, who was a huge advocate of the establishment of this organisation and who travelled around the country in her advocacy role while publicising the publication of the book. It is important to recognise the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Youth Issues: Discussion with Comhairle na nÓg (22 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind people to turn off their mobile telephones if they have not already done so. It is a great pleasure and privilege for me, as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, to welcome to the meeting members of the Comhairle na nÓg national executive, namely, Jamie Wiggins, who is from County Donegal, Mairead Coady, who is from County Kilkenny, Éamonn Ó Briain,...