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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Would Ms Dunnion have an opinion as to what model we should pursue here?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: That is fair enough. In his presentation, Mr. Quinn mentioned the ambulance fleet, 18% of which is eight or more years old. Should we be concerned about the quality or roadworthiness of the fleet and its reliability?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: That is a generic question. Today we are dealing with the national review.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Maloney has indicated. He has not spoken yet so I call him next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Their work is very important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I take the point made by the Deputy. What happens if, for example, HSE south had three ambulances with mileage of over 500,000 km?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank HIQA for its report and thank Ms Dunnion, Mr. Quinn and Mr. Whelan for attending. The debate has been very enlightening. We all recognise there has been a significant change in the ambulance service. As Deputy Maloney has said, it is important that we pay tribute to the staff who have changed the modus operandiof the service, from transporting people to now responding, taking care...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The capacity review report is not yet available and in fairness, while the joint committee can bring them in before Christmas if possible, I believe we would be speaking in a vacuum without that capacity review. We have received one part of a report in a series of reports that does not give members the whole picture.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed. Again, I will bring them in as soon as possible. I have no argument or problem with that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed. I will try to get them in before Christmas. That is fair enough and I have no issue with it. I again thank the witnesses for their attendance and again welcome formally Mr. Phelim Quinn as the new chief executive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: In regard to what?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: While we can all refer to this anecdotally, in the case of my family we had a first responder who probably saved someone's life by being prompt and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy made a request to bring in the HSE and I will do that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy only made the request a minute ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Service Review: Health Information and Quality Authority (2 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The joint committee can address that at its meeting with the HSE before Christmas.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (3 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme, if he will confirm if the expert panel specifically considered the interests of deferred members, both shorter service and long service members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46432/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (3 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 138. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will consider providing assistance in funding the purchase of a building (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46434/14]
- Business of Dáil (9 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: It is in the Deputy's e-mail.
- Business of Dáil (9 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We do that every day.
- Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Is this one you heard earlier?