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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Healy has just returned and I advise him that we are just finishing up. Does he wish to make a final remark?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank everybody for attending. The debate is part of our scrutiny of legislation and the insight and input by the delegations have proven very valuable and I thank them all most sincerely. I thank members of the committee and remind them of the good news that we will not meet next Tuesday but will adjourn until this day week at 9.30 a.m.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Redundancy Payments Waiting Times (4 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the minimum statutory obligations of companies when making employees redundant; if it is possible for contractual arrangements to provide for terms which are more favourable to employees than the minimum statutory obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4969/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (4 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 631. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate the sale and supply of e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4958/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made towards affording access to individualised funding for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5222/14]

Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: The head of RTE sent a memo to staff yesterday evening regarding an incident on a television programme about a payout to an organisation.

Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I am coming to the question, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I respect the ruling of the Ceann Comhairle that the Minister has no direct responsibility for RTE. Are there any plans to make RTE directly accountable to the House?

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask Members to respect the Deputy who is speaking and have their conversations elsewhere.

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Not in the Chamber.

Topical Issue Debate: RTE Compensation Payment (6 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: The sequence of events arising from “The Saturday Night Show” give rise to serious concerns on how public discourse is conducted, the language we use, the labels we apply to others and, more important, the role of our public service broadcaster. I believe RTE was erroneous and wrong in what it did in this case. It folded too quickly. Who advised the broadcaster on this? What...

Topical Issue Debate: RTE Compensation Payment (6 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I fully accept the Minister's position regarding involvement in the day-to-day management of RTE. However, we as a society and this Parliament have a role to play in the national broadcaster. RTE got it completely wrong. It folded in its tent . This week in the Oireachtas we were told as gay people that it is a matter of "social re-engineering" by the "gay ideological movement". I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank everybody for attending this morning. As we are in public session I remind members, witnesses and those in the Gallery that mobile phones should be turned off or be in flight mode for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment. As members are aware, the general scheme of the public health (standardised packaging of tobacco) Bill was referred to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Dr. Anthony O'Regan, the chief executive of the Irish Thoracic Society, may now give his opening address. He is very welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. O'Regan. The next speaker is from the Institute of Public Health in Ireland and I welcome Mr. Owen Metcalfe, chief executive, and Dr. Helen McAvoy, director of policy. Dr. McAvoy shall speak and she is very welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Dr. Patrick Doorley, the faculty of public health medicine spokesperson on tobacco from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Our next speaker is Dr. Finbarr O'Connell, consultant respiratory physician at St. James's Hospital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Thank you Dr. O'Connell. I welcome Professor Luke Clancy and Dr. Kate Babineau from the Tobacco-Free Research Institute and invite them to make their opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I will now call on three members who have indicated their desire to contribute, namely Senator Colm Burke and Deputies Mitchell O'Connor and Fitzpatrick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I will hand back to the witnesses, starting with Dr. Sadlier.