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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cochlear Ear Implants: Discussion (16 Jul 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I think a message should be sent to the Minister expressing our collective opinion on this, urging him to make the right decision in the budget.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cochlear Ear Implants: Discussion (16 Jul 2013)

Catherine Byrne: What Ms O'Connor said a few minutes ago about the long-term effects for speech and language, education and people being made to feel a part of their workplace, is a seller on this. She could not have explained it any better.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Byrne: May I comment on question No. 15? The Minister spoke about the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I too welcome the new agency. Like Deputy Ó Caoláin I had intended to speak on the matter on Second Stage. Unfortunately, I had to leave the meeting to attend another one. When I returned to my office I discovered that it had finished, which was disappointing. I wish to raise some ongoing problems with the Minister. No parent sends his or her child to a preschool or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Private agencies try their best, employ staff and have a lot of overheads, but there is a gap in the market that needs to be filled. People who mind children in their homes should be regulated and brought into line with other child care establishments. Its not about charging more. I just want them to be properly regulated. Many grandparents are minding children because one or both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Did Mr. Breslin say that when St. Patrick’s Institution closes some of the clients will be going out to Oberstown? Has he any idea how many there will be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Jul 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank Ms Gibbons for her presentation. Nobody in this room doubts her sincerity, capability and experience. I have only a few questions. How does she see the integration of the NEWB role within the new agency? Her presentation referred to the need for society to invest in preparing and supporting parents in a parenting and caring role. Coming from a voluntary community background, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Jul 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I want to make it clear to Ms Gibbons that I did not say I believed lone parents were bad parents, because I know many of them and I have contact with many lone parents through my work, particularly with regard to housing difficulties in Dublin, about which parents with two children, who are perhaps expecting another, come to see me. Many of the young parents I know are not the first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Work Programme, Disability Services and Related Issues: Discussion with HIQA (12 Sep 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Dr. Cooper's contributions are always thought provoking. My mother died after she contracted MRSA having spent just a week in a hospital but I did not think that hand hygiene could be the only thing that led to her demise. She went into the hospital on a Friday, we took her out of it the following Friday and she died at home two weeks later. She was eaten alive at home just two weeks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I join with others in thanking the delegation from the IMB for making a presentation to us today. The issue of the cost of drugs is raised on a daily basis, and people are looking to buy drugs more cheaply. The State has lost significant revenue because of the importation of illegal drugs. It would be better to bring the cost of drugs down to a level at which people could buy them. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Is it correct that there are still 166 patients awaiting surgery?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Can we, please, have a comment on the toxicity of devices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Catherine Byrne: That would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I assure those present that I did not put my leaflets in the bin - I just did not get any. I usually ask for extra copies of such leaflets because I find it helpful to give them out to people at my constituency office.

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Chair for allowing me to raise this matter and the Minister of State for coming before the House to take it. There are approximately 166 housing vacancies in the area in which I live. There are 70 in the south-west inner city, 70 plus between Ballyfermot and Inchicore and 27 in the Crumlin-Kimmage area. In Dublin city alone, approximately 16,000 people are on the housing list....

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State's reply. It is great that 25,000 people will have their properties improved and made energy efficient. However, I am concerned about those who have no homes. I understand the huge commitment that has been made in respect of regeneration projects, particularly those in my area at St. Theresa's Gardens, Fatima Mansions and Dolphin House. All that the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (1 Oct 2013)

Catherine Byrne: 583. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate speech and language therapy for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12 as their current teacher is leaving; if he will ensure that there is no break in service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40533/13]

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Amendments Nos. 16 and 17 are related and will be discussed together.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (3 Oct 2013)

Catherine Byrne: 240. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the sale by ministerial order to the Health Service Executive of a 13 acre site off Davitt Road; the date of sale and the amount for which the site was purchased; the services of St. James's Hospital that will be situated there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41688/13]

Second Report of the Convention on the Constitution (Women in the Home): Statements (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I commend the Convention on the Constitution on its hard work since it first met in December 2012. Thus far, the convention has dealt with a wide range of issues under the careful guidance of Mr. Tom Arnold and has made some interesting recommendations for the Oireachtas to consider. I also commend the many individuals, organisations and community groups who made well thought out...