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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: In fairness, they are open in Cork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Does Mr. Hourihan want to go back to the other questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Does that refer to the dentist or the orthodontist? Surely, parents know without having to go to the dentist that providing Ribena or sugar in the doses we are talking about will lead to tooth decay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I want to bring in Deputies Dowds, Catherine Byrne and McLellan, in that order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: What would be the benefit of filling that position now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: How has Mr. Hourihan's organisation allowed the situation to continue without the post being filled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: What reason did it give?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I suggest that the committee write to the Department of Health to seek an update. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Could I ask about fluoridation in water? We have been getting many e-mails about it. Could Dr. Bolas comment on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that linked directly to fluoridation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a fair point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Is it agreed that we send the proposed solutions as part of the document to the Department and that we write to it about the vacant position? We will put this on the work programme after Easter in the context of getting a response from the Department to today's presentation. I thank the witnesses and Ms Elaine Hughes, the assistant chief executive, who is in the Visitors' Gallery, for...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Apr 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Martin should quote Fionnan Sheahan.

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Official Engagements (16 Apr 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her visit to India; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16012/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 Apr 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any financial support available, such as maintenance grants, for Irish resident students who undertake full-time undergraduate study in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16667/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with Munster Survivors Support Services Limited to discuss the particular concerns regarding the residential institutions redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16959/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (16 Apr 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the specific concerns of the various support groups regarding the residential institutions redress scheme; the funding that is available to such groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16960/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (16 Apr 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht recognising the cultural importance and economic significance of the Cork Film Festival to the city and region, if he will provide an update on the funding position and the reasons for delays in providing funding to the festival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16666/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (16 Apr 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any review of coroner services and the governance thereof; if not, if he will consider instigating such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16689/13]