Results 12,481-12,500 of 24,340 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (8 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2015: Vote 38 - Department of Health.
- Establishment of Independent Anti-Corruption Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: In welcoming the opportunity to speak tonight, I am acutely conscious that all of us in this august Chamber share the privilege of being here at the behest of the people we represent. I do not want to turn this debate into an adversarial political game of criss-cross but I ask the Deputies opposite to reflect on the recent BBC "Spotlight" programme and on the activities engaged in by members...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome members and witnesses to this afternoon's meeting. We are joined today by Mr. John Hennessy, who is the national primary care director of the HSE; Ms Anne Marie Hoey, who is the assistant national director in primary care reimbursement and eligibility in the Primary Care Reimbursement Service; Ms Siobhán McArdle, who is the operations manager in the Primary Care...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Thank you. We appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Four other members have indicated that they wish to speak. I will bring Deputy Seamus Healy back in again at the end.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: If Deputy Healy has specific cases, he can pass them on to Ms Hoey and Mr. Hennessy and I am sure they will be happy to look at them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: At a meeting of this committee last Thursday, witnesses took issue with the Gardasil vaccination and referred to the need for ongoing support for their daughters' ongoing care. We also met people on the subject of Huntington's disease. Subsequent to our meeting in January, we wrote to Mr. O'Brien about the issues identified by the group lobbying on behalf of those with that disease....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Why should that be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: There is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: In that case, the person applies for a medical card in the normal way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that made clear to people? Many of us find that the over-70s persons who apply are not necessary looking for the GP card but for the ancillary supports and services, appliances and medication that come with it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I raised the issues as people had come before the committee as part of the discourse about the medical system. They are the groups that were advocating them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Will that apply to everybody?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Will it apply to those over 70 years of age also?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: More progress.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Hoey for being here and making a very comprehensive and thorough presentation. I thank Ms McArdle, Mr. Healy and Mr. Hennessy. I also thank the staff of the primary care reimbursement service, PCRS. As Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick correctly noted, we have been out there twice and the level of engagement and discourse has been particularly strong. The process has been a two-way...
- Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Give him back his application form.
- Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy McGrath voted for Bertie.
- Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: It is a good job Deputy Keaveney was not in the Garden of Gethsemane.
- Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I have only been in one party.