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- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: That concludes our consideration of the Revised Estimate. I thank Deputies Troy and Ó Caoláin, the Minister, Deputy Reilly, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Ryan, Ms McLaughlin and all the staff for their assistance in dealing with the Revised Estimate. I also thank the committee secretariat for its work in this matter.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Message to Dáil (3 Feb 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2015: Vote 40 — Children and Youth Affairs.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, and his officials from the Department of Health: Mr. Jim Breslin, Secretary General, Ms Fiona Prendergast, finance unit, Mr. John Keegan, principal officer, and Mr. Barry Murphy, principal officer. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the revised Estimates for 2015. Our meeting today will involve a slightly revised format,...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: I invite Deputies Kelleher and Ó Caoláin to make a five-minute contribution on the Minister's opening remarks.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: If the Minister cannot answer those questions we can come back to them under the development sub-head. This session is focusing on the key areas of activity under the headings of primary care reimbursement service, drugs refund scheme, acute hospitals and long-term residential care and other support services for older people. Members should keep their questions to those topics.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: We are discussing the Estimates now, not the local election.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy can come back in again after the Minister as we started late. The timetable now is 11.04 a.m. to 11.40 a.m.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: We are on the Estimates, not the future Government.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: Would the Minister include in that commentary a decision not to change consultants' contracts in order to help tackle the waiting lists and free them up to do more private work, or more public work in some cases?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: What about the companies that are not under the umbrella of IPHA? Has any mechanism been reached with companies such as Alexion that are outside?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: We are on the Estimates for 2015.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: I am glad to hear that.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: I congratulate the Minister on his cameo appearance in "Operation Transformation" last night and pledge the support of the committee, as has been the case in the past, in regard to the publication of calorie counts. Is there a budget provision for that, or what is the position?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: The committee had the leaders of "Operation Transformation" appear before the committee as well as the experts and we were involved with the "Operation Transformation" programme itself. If the Minister can work with the committee he will find support in terms of the pursuit of that agenda.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: Have we covered subhead F.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: In view of the relationship between Deputy Kelleher and the Ceann Comhairle, they may be able to work something out. Have we covered subhead G?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: What about subhead H?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: What about subhead I?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015) Jerry Buttimer: The committee has done work on the issue of medical indemnity, including the cost to the professionals and the issue of litigation.