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Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil ran from the Department of Health. The then Minister, Deputy Micheál Martin, could not wait to get out. The then Minister, Brian Cowen, was in Angola. Mary Harney was left in the Department for nearly 14 years.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil said it could not take the pressure in the Department of Health. The then Minister, Deputy Micheál Martin, could not wait to go. All he could do was produce reports. It was like the County Hall in Cork there were so many reports, at a cost of millions. I will debate that with Deputy Dooley any day he wants to do it.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: The fundamental point is that this Government will be seen to have been the Government that returned our country's economic sovereignty and gave our people hope.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: That is the reason the unpopular decisions must be taken but in the period after the darkest hour the sunshine will radiate and the people will say this was a Taoiseach and a Tánaiste who delivered, and that this Government made the choices not in the vested interests of the chosen few but in the interests of the people. It is about the totality of our nation. The sovereignty of our...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Sorry.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passports Data (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports in circulation in date and currently valid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45385/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passports Data (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued to persons ordinarily resident in Ireland or persons using Irish addresses on their application in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45386/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passports Data (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued to persons ordinarily resident outside Ireland or persons using addresses in other countries on their application in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45387/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passports Data (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the connection to Ireland that is required in order to qualify for an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45388/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner visit cards that have issued to persons in County Cork each year from 1999 to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45384/13]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I have received apologies by Deputy Eamonn Maloney. Deputy Robert Dowds is substituting for him today. I remind members not to name officials or organisations that are not present and to confine their remarks to the Bill.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Amendments Nos. 17 to 21, inclusive, are being discussed together. I realise Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has a Topical Issue to raise in the Dáil. I propose, therefore, we suspend the sitting for the period of that debate and then reconvene. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: That is fine. The Deputy will be able to discuss it in the Dáil.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a mistake.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Amendments Nos. 21 to 23, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose that we now suspend the sitting to allow Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin to speak on Topical Issues in the Dáil.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Amendment No. 21 in the name of Deputy Ó Caoláin has been moved. I remind members that if amendment No. 21 is agreed, amendments Nos. 22 and 23 cannot be moved. The amendments are related and will be discussed together.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: The amendments are being discussed together, so the Minister should address her amendment now.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Could we have one speaker at a time? I will chair the meeting and advise when speakers can contribute. Debate should be specific to the Bill rather than straying into other areas that are not related to it. The Minister can reply to Deputy Ó Caoláin.