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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy who is one of the regular attendees at our committee meetings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank everyone for their participation today and during our pre-legislative scrutiny hearings on the general scheme of the adoption (information and tracing) Bill. It has been a positive exercise. Members will testify that this committee takes its job in terms of pre-legislative scrutiny seriously and our approach to this Bill has been no different. The committee will prepare a report on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: It will be published. A draft will be sent to members by next Thursday. Our job in terms of this legislation is to make all of our lives better which is what we will try to do.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sure that the Ceann Comhairle will indulge me for one second.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: On an historic day, I just want to say-----

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, I am on the Order of Business. I am sure that even the Ceann Comhairle, as the Chair of the Dáil, will join me in commending the signing of the commencement order of the marriage equality Act at Dublin Castle today.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: It is an historic day and I know that the Ceann Comhairle will indulge me in thanking every Deputy who made that signing possible.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Like Deputy Fitzpatrick, I wish to refer to the noise nuisance Bill. We have-----

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: If I may-----

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Was the Deputy about last night?

Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter on a very emotional and significant day. All politics is local; that is why I am here. On the day we signed the commencement order of the marriage equality Act, I raise the issue of the need for clarity to be provided on the funding for the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. The Government has a very...

Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important to recognise that the business case is compliant with the public spending code. I welcome the fact from the Minister's speech that there is nothing to be unduly worried about. I just hope we can expedite the process quickly, because this is a successful venture not only for Cork city and county but also for the country. When it is completed, Páirc Uí Chaoimh will...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 344. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if national lottery funding will be available from his Department in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39090/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments at Cork University Hospital that were missed in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date; the costs of these missed appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39342/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments at Mercy University Hospital Cork that were missed in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date; the costs of these missed appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39343/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 417. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments at the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital Cork that were missed in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date; the costs of these missed appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39344/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the roll-out of a new tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39024/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Commencement of Legislation (10 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of consultations with the National Transport Authority regarding the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015; when he expects the Act to be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39023/15]

Children First Bill 2015: From the Seanad (11 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus, go mórmhór, roimh an mBille seo. In accepting the Minister's remarks on reasonable chastisement, it is important to acknowledge that it is a positive amendment and to commend Senator van Turnhout and the Minister on it. We were out of step with Europe and had that look of austerity about us in the context of what the Council of Europe...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, and compliment her on the work she is doing to reform the mental health system and the area of disabilities. The Government is fixing the health service. It is extraordinary and a bit of a groundhog day when one reads the motion from the Members opposite. When Deputy Martin was Minister for Health, they ran out of Government and out...