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Topical Issue Debate: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Each morning as I pass the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital on my way to the Dáil, I see pregnant women standing outside taking a smoke break before they return to their hospital beds. These women are often heavily pregnant and one cannot help but feel concern given the risk to their unborn babies and themselves. The medical community is in no doubt about the...

Topical Issue Debate: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for answering in such great detail. It is shocking to see the figure of how many people die yearly from smoking. I am concerned, as I have seen many children smoking on their way home from primary school. The Minister of State has given me some figures with which to work. For example, approximately 21% of pregnant women smoke. It is a matter of education,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank HIQA for its presentation and wish Mr. McEnery every success in his new role. I know he will focus on the job. Since we first met with HIQA representatives in this committee, including Ms Tracey Cooper and Mr. Marty Whelan, I have found them honest and open. This has led the current position and status of HIQA. I believe it is important we recognise HIQA as the eyes and ears of...

Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossessions (27 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Thank you.

Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossessions (27 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Sorry Deputy, you have gone over your time.

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Investigations (27 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Deputy Ó Caoláin's time is up.

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Investigations (27 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: The Minister has two minutes to reply.

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Investigations (27 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Please, Deputy Ó Caoláin------

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Investigations (27 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I ask the Minister to try to keep his reply to within two minutes.

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Investigations (27 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Deputy Ó Caoláin, the Minister is replying to the debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I have several questions about health insurance claims not being processed properly. What is the average time it takes for a claim to be processed? Is the health insurance industry examining ways by which it can improve waiting times on processing people’s claims? People are finding it difficult to afford health insurance premia. Despite that, the VHI’s 2012 annual report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I do not wish to single out any one organisation on this matter. Will the other insurance providers give a picture of their staffing and administration costs? That is very important for me to know as a public representative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I beg to differ.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I do not often disagree with the Chairman as I believe he is very capable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: It is important for me as a public representative to understand why there are such increases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV-AIDS Strategy: Discussion (5 Dec 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank all the speakers. It is a first for me to hear people with such great passion and expertise here. There was much information and many figures, and it takes a while for me to get them into my head. All the figures are disturbing. I still find it very difficult to hear that men and women, young and old, straight and gay, do not understand the huge health risk there is around their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister and the group who compiled this report, which covers many of the health issues around smoking. I wish to quote from the foreword of the report in which the Minister states, "No-one, whether smoker or non-smoker, wants their children to smoke." Tobacco is well known as a major contribution towards ill-health and premature mortality. What shocked me in the report was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister for his reply. While I cannot provide costings for measures, I am sure the Department could do so and I am certain the cost of providing nicotine replacement therapy to pregnant women who smoke would be far outweighed by the subsequent costs of providing medical treatment for babies and mothers. Are figures available for the number of people who avail of nicotine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

Catherine Byrne: One is committing a crime.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

Catherine Byrne: What is the figure?