Results 6,841-6,860 of 24,338 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: It is fair to say we are well served by pharmacists across the country. I want to express the committee's gratitude for the work they do. The pharmacists I deal with in Cork city are most professional, caring and considerate. They take the time to talk to patients and focus on those who visit them.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We are dealing with section 13.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Have consultations taken place with the members of the IPU? We met them individually, though not in committee, and they raised issues in this regard, as Deputies Billy Kelleher, Denis Naughten and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin have mentioned.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Deputy to stick to this section. There is an amendment to follow.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The IPU briefed members before this meeting on its concerns which are being addressed.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will deal with section 15 shortly.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, the Minister of State should.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Kelleher is right in that we as a nation and society need to look at over-prescribing. If a survey was carried out in every house, it would probably find cupboards full of half-used bottles of tablets or prescription medicines. I am not a pharmacist but the people with which I deal in Cork are the most professional, thorough and caring people and a huge resource within society that...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Is this on section 15?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Amendment No. 8 was discussed with amendment No. 1.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Amendments Nos. 9 and 10 are related and will be discussed together.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Was the Deputy party to those strange happenings?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy's question is not relevant to the section but nice try.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, Ms Cody and Mr. Cregan for attending. I also thank Deputies Billy Kelleher and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and other members of the committee for their participation. I thank Deputies Robert Dowds and Mary Mitchell O'Connor for their patience and staying with us. I congratulate the Minister of State on bringing his first Bill before...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (19 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 and has made amendments thereto.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Provision (20 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Did the area not get the urgent care centre, which is doing great work? Is the Deputy against it?
- Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: As a back bench Member of this House, elected by the people, have I the right to place a question to the Minister of any Department for oral or written reply?
- Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for that answer.
- Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: As somebody who has not submitted a question I welcome the fact that in the city of Cork there has been a 46% reduction in MRSA cases. The significant progress we have made in Cork is something about which we should not become complacent. I believe the Minister will agree that no patient should have to endure the horror of picking up an infection in hospital. Having recently met staff in...
- Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion. I recognise that the issue of disability is both emotive and complex. I accept that at times people who are disabled, their families and those who purport to represent them feel disenfranchised. In addition, they may feel they are the victims of a game of political football and feel badly treated by all of us in this House. In...