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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: This is absolutely crazy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Has this mindset changed sufficiently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We hope to examine this later in the year as part of our work programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: What does Mr. Watt mean that there is no interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I will bring in Deputy Colreavy now as he has indicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, that would not be entirely correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, that would be a misrepresentation of the HSE's policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I was going to suggest in my closing remarks that the committee will take up this issue with the HSE. We can place on the agenda questions on this particular issue to the HSE from Deputy McLellan, or any other member, as part of the quarterly meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: What is it that the HSE is not doing for the groups represented here today? Perhaps Mr. Watt can flesh that out in his concluding remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to thank everyone for attending the committee and for their presentations. It was an interesting, worthwhile, challenging part of our process of committee meetings. A clear message has emerged from this meeting - not least the fact that we must have a clear strategy and a joined-up approach with the Department of Health and the HSE. In addition, we must tackle the stigma that it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I will make that the next point, which is a proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: If the meeting agrees, we will take up a number of issues with the HSE, including sleep apnoea. Second, we will also write to the Department and the HSE on Deputy Doherty's proposal on medication. Third, we will write to the RDO of Dublin North East regarding beds in Beaumont Hospital. Is that agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I also wish to thank Senator Colm Burke, who is suffering from sleep deprivation, for being here this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I will not allow Senator Crown to put that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: That is not least because a number of members of the committee might feel free to interject. I sincerely thank everyone for coming in this morning and for their presentations. This is part of a process that we will engage in. Senator Crown has been active in promoting a different strategy on how we see life, which is challenging for members of the committee. Before adjourning, I would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We received correspondence which was too late for today's meeting. It will be discussed as part of a strategy to have hearings on the issue of non-consultant hospital doctors, hopefully before the end of May if not sooner. It is a question of finding time in our calendar to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We are hoping to do that. We have a number of imminent business items to deal with and it is a question of getting them together. Senator Burke should talk to the clerk afterwards. We have received correspondence from Ms Shirley Coulter, assistant director of industrial relations with the Irish Medical Organisation, which was too late for this meeting. It will be on the correspondence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: The committee stands adjourned until 9.30 a.m. next Thursday morning.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the reasons for the delay in processing a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will confirm that the person concerned will be considered an independent applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7113/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Asbestos Remediation Programme (12 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants or financial supports available from his Department to assist with the removal of asbestos from residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6598/13]