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- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Travel (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his visit to Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17737/13]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome everybody to the meeting, in which we will discuss organ donation. It is the first of two meetings on the issue. Briefing papers from the Department of Health and a research paper from the Oireachtas Library and Research Service have been circulated to members. I wish to express my gratitude to the service for its excellent work. This morning we will hear personal and advocacy...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Our next witnesses, Mr. Joe Brolly and Mr. Shane Finnegan, are sharing time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Mr. Shane Finnegan to the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I would point out to Mr. Brolly that the Minister and the Government have not yet published legislation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Hopefully, as part of our deliberations, we will feed into that process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Ms Christine Quinn from Castlebar, County Mayo, and thank her for attending. I am aware that the Taoiseach has been in contact with her as well because he asked us this morning to send his best wishes to her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Quinn for coming this morning and sharing her story. Our next group of speakers Ms Noreen O'Halloran, Mr. Michael Kiely and Ms Annette Betson are also sharing time. I ask Ms O'Halloran to lead off.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms O'Halloran, Mr. Kiely and Ms Betson. This afternoon they will speak in the audio-visual room at a meeting organised by Deputy Patrick O'Donovan. I hope other Members of the Oireachtas who are not here this morning will be able to attend. I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee. Our next set of speakers from the Irish Kidney Association are Mr. Martin Doody,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Murphy for his presentation and for coming here this morning. Our next speaker is Mr. Brendan Gilligan who is the chairperson of the Irish Heart and Lung Transplant Association.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Gilligan for his presentation. I should also have welcomed Mr. Martin Doody, chairperson of the Irish Kidney Association. I know he will be taking part in the question and answer session later on. Our final speaker in this segment of the meeting is Mr. Philip Watts, chief executive officer of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland and the Irish Donor Network. I welcome him and thank him for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Watts for his presentation. I welcome a delegation to the Visitors Gallery that consists of Ms Nicola Cassidy, Irish Lung Fibrosis Association, ILFA, Ms Lorna Murphy, ILFA and transplant nurse at the Mater Hospital, Ms Catherine O'Connor and Ms Mary O'Connor, Irish Donor Network, and Ms Patricia May. I call on Deputy Kelleher to commence for Fianna Fáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thought there were metrosexuals in Fianna Fáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I call Deputy Sandra McLellan and welcome her on her first outing as the Sinn Féin lead spokesperson. She is a new member of the committee and has made a good contribution since joining.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I will call the other members, after which we will go back to the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: As a gay person I have an e-donor card.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: It would be interesting to find out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will certainly follow up on this. I have been carrying a donor card for a long time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: That is correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: In that context, can the language we use help?