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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise to Mr. Gordon Jeyes and Ms Eibhlin Byrne for the delay. Democracy does not stand and wait for any of us to do our parliamentary duty. This is the second presentation on the establishment of the child and family support agency. I welcome Mr. Gordon Jeyes, chief executive officer designate of the agency, who is joined by Ms Evelyn Byrne, and I thank them for attending. I thank...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Jeyes and congratulate him on his impending appointment as chief executive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind the Deputy that we are not dealing with specifics now. The remit is the creation of the new agency as opposed to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will have an opportunity later in the term to discuss the report with the Minister and with HIQA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: There is a vote in the Dáil. Could the Senator conclude?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will suspend until after the vote in the Dáil. I again apologise for the interruptions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise to Mr. Gordon Jeyes, Ms. Byrne and those in the Visitors Gallery for the delay caused by divisions. The duty of a parliamentarian in a parliamentary democracy is to cast his or her vote. Mr. Gordon Jeyes will now reply to the first set of questions and there are three further speakers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Is there a plan to recruit more foster parents?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Jeyes might come back to us on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Why is it taking longer than many people would have thought?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We had a discussion earlier about turf wars in the transfer. Is it moving along seamlessly and is Mr. Jeyes happy all stakeholders have bought in to the process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I call Deputies Doherty, Healy and Byrne in that order.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I have a question on the legal costs and the adversarial court system. Are there plans to move from that culture and mentality, and the challenging way in which we do things as a State? There are costs associated with guardian ad litem, as well as benefits to the child. Will the witness comment on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that contentious?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: There is also an adversarial way of doing things.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: On behalf of the committee I thank the witness most sincerely for a very comprehensive presentation. He has been both challenging and personally inspiring. I thank the members for the patience demonstrated during the votes. The IMO has confirmed a meeting for 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputies will not be able to achieve bilocation, no matter how gifted they are.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will write to the Whips, informing them that our committee is on Thursday mornings at 9.30 a.m., and that we would prefer for them not to have legislation related to children and health on the clár at that time.
- Health Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Statistics (5 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Health the total number off persons on dialysis; the number of persons that attend at each hospital for dialysis and if these figures can broken down for hospital haemodialysis, PD dialysis including CAPD and APD and home dialysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11225/13]