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- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria (20 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the protections in place to ensure security of tenure for tenants under the rental accommodation scheme; if there are any obligations on landlords to provide properties for at least a set minimum period under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9195/13]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We are about to commence our consideration of COM (2012) 788, a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the member states concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products. The current tobacco products directive, Directive 2001/37/EC, dates from 2001....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Chris Fitzgerald for an extensive presentation. I ask members to be brief as we have an extensive agenda.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We received 80 postcards. It is in the text.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not disagreeing, but is there not a concern that, if one bans slimline cigarettes or menthol flavouring, one is encouraging the illegal trade to flourish? If I smoke menthol, cannot buy a similar product and am at an age at which I do not want to give up cigarettes, is there not a temptation to walk down the main street, buy illegal cigarettes and keep the illicit trade flourishing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: What of Deputy Kelleher's comment? If I heard him correctly, he did not believe that the tackling of the illicit trade was robust enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Troy was wondering about the jobs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: In advance of today's meeting I met various interest groups which were both for and against the proposed directive. It struck me that those in the vending machine business were very much concerned about rolling tobacco. The point was made by the witness that young people did not necessarily have the money to buy a pack of 20 cigarettes, and they may move to the illegal trade because of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To be fair to the witness, he cannot speak on behalf of other agencies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Except the 40g.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Someone’s telephone is ringing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee, for giving of their time and for their extensive presentation. We will move into private session to deliberate further. If they would not mind doing so, I ask people in the public gallery to leave us for a while.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We are now in public session. I remind members, witnesses and people in the gallery to turn off their mobile telephones. I apologise for keeping people waiting. We had a very lengthy discussion on the EU directive. With regard to our discussion in private session on COM (2012) 788, a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will now discuss the matter of health insurance. I welcome representatives of the health insurance providers and I apologise to them for the delay. We did not expect to spend so long discussing an EU policy directive on tobacco. I hope they understand it was an important issue and we had to seek clarification on it. I welcome Mr. John O'Dwyer and Mr. Declan Moran from VHI, Mr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I call Mr. Brian Dunne, who is chairman of Aviva Health.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I call Mr. Jim Dowdall, who is the CEO of GloHealth.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank all the delegates for their presentations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: When asking questions, I ask members to identify the company they are addressing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will come back to that.