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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: What did the Minister say? Deputy Mattie McGrath stated that he did not hear it.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: How did Deputy Mattie McGrath hear it if he was not here?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy said that he had not heard it. Who told him?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Who told the Deputy?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy did not hear what the Minister said.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: To clarify, I was in the Chair at that time. Deputy Healy's proposal was not in accordance with Standing Orders. The only proposal that is valid is the one put forward by Deputy Higgins.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: If that is the case, then the Deputy did not make his proposal an hour ago.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: The Chair has ruled. Deputy Ó Snodaigh needs to read the Standing Orders. The Chair has discretion in this matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Apologies have been received from Deputies Peter Fitzpatrick and Ciara Conway. I welcome those who are following our proceedings on the Oireachtas channel and online. The subject of this meeting is health services for the Irish communities in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. This is our first meeting with the new Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State. All of us will join him in welcoming the announcement of funding to Pieta House. I invite Dr. Tilki to make her opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Thank you for attending the meeting today and for your informative presentation. Does Ms McShannon wish to make some brief remarks now or will she wait until the questions and answers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Mr. Brian O'Dwyer and invite him to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. O'Dwyer and the organisations engaged in this area in the United States for the tremendous work they do. It is important that the joint committee hear from Ms McShannon. I invite her to make some brief remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: We will begin with Ms McShannon. Some of the questions were not asked directly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Do young people engage in the same way as previous generations did in the 1960s and 1970s? If not, is there a way to reach them? How is the gap bridged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: In her presentation Ms McShannon referred to a failure to collect and analyse data about Irish people. What is the reason for this failure and is it linked with what she has just said?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: A photo is to be taken at the end of the meeting. We will let the Deputy know when this is to happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Tilki. I now call Mr. O'Dwyer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: The committee could not take a position on that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister and I thank the witnesses for the interesting and valuable discussion this morning and for being available to us. As the Minister of State said, it has been the beginning of what I hope is a future conversation where we and the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade can work together with the diaspora strategy and the issue of health and well-being of our...