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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: For those who arrived late, Mr. Tegerdine has just taken up his new post in the HSE. That is why he might not have some of the answers sought. To be fair to him, the caveat is that he has only just been appointed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Agencies are now obliged to have twice-yearly meetings with the HSE. I assume it is Mr. Tegerdine's office which meets the chairpersons of the section 38 agencies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Colm Burke referred to oversight and service level agreements. How is the process being improved and made more streamlined as a consequence of the changes made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Department of Health and Mr. Tegerdine's office were involved in producing the report. Has it been independently verified and, if not, is there a need for such?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Does Mr. Tegerdine believe the pay issue is having an impact on the quality of people we are able to attract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Going back to the national maternity hospital issue, has Mr. Tegerdine taken steps to ensure the confidentiality clauses in contracts cannot be cited in the future by other organisations as a reason for not co-operating until late in the day?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Tegerdine said in his presentation that 17 recommendations had been implemented, that a further three were in progress and that it was not possible to implement two of them. If my maths are right, that is an implementation rate of approximately 77%. Is Mr. Tegerdine satisfied with this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Tegerdine and Ms Lawler for their candour in answering our questions. It is important that they get back to us with further updates on the remaining issues arising from the report. I also extend our thanks to the organisations which work with the HSE. I hope finality can be brought to the matter. I thank Mr. Ray Mitchell for his co-operation in facilitating the meeting.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Just this week, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, in conjunction with the Taoiseach, published the national tourism strategy, People, Place and Policy - Growing Tourism to 2025. The document sets out a wonderful and innovative policy and strategy. In the context of the regions, in particular, the city of Cork, I ask the Taoiseach to arrange a debate in...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy has not stuck to the Bill once.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I never cease to be amazed by the rhetoric of Deputy Paul Murphy. He should remember that he is not at Speaker's Corner or standing on a bully pulpit in Hyde Park. He is an elected Member of Dáil Éireann and there is a responsibility that comes with that.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish that Members who were elected to serve would do so rather than engage in populist nonsense at times, and I say that with the greatest respect to the Deputy. The Office of President has served us well as a State and as a country. We can think back to the past to the night when telephone calls to the Áras were allegedly made and the then President, Patrick Hillery, allegedly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members, delegates and those in the Visitors Gallery that all mobile phones should be switched off or left in airplane mode for the duration of the meeting because they interfere with the broadcasting of proceedings and cause unnecessary disturbance on staff members' headsets. We had an episode last Tuesday evening with some type of mobile device. At this meeting, the first of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. McAleenan for his very interesting presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I call Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan and thank her for being in contact with the committee and helping to organise today's meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We have had correspondence with and I have met a gentleman from Cork, Mr. Jim O'Connell, who has carried out a great deal of work on the issue. He has lobbied the committee regarding the excessive use of methadone. Professor Barry might comment on his surveys.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: It is correspondence that came to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: This is the first of a number of meetings we will hold on this issue and we might take it on board at a private meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the delegates for attending. This is the first in a series of meetings we will have on the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: In the second segment of the meeting we will continue our pre-legislative scrutiny of the heads of the public health (alcohol) Bill 2015. I ask witnesses to speak to the heads in their presentations. The committee has a long record of promoting a range of health promotion measures. As part of its pre-legislative scrutiny, it is consulting a wide range of stakeholders on the issue. Today we...