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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: So does Mr. Duggan pay the VAT when he sells the item?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: Okay. Online customers buy one single item for their own personal use and Mr. Duggan is buying items to sell and then he is paying VAT.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: So if it is a €500 watch it is €100 cheaper.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: It is very hard to prevent that in any business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: That is the case, regardless of whether it is clothing or whatever else. We have heard that people go into a shop and try on clothing from a certain brand and then they go online and buy it. I think that goes on in every country. There is not an awful lot that we can do to prevent it happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: Is that iParcel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: Does anyone have anything further to add?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: If there is nothing further I thank the witnesses for coming here today to engage with the committee. It was a very informative session. We have one more meeting and then we will produce our document. When we launch it we will invite the witnesses back if they would like to attend.

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil recognises and greatly values the contribution the nursing and midwife professions make to our healthcare, often in the most difficult and trying of circumstances, especially in the acute sector. We welcome the tabling of this motion and are supportive of the aims and objectives stated within it. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling it. As the ESRI projections and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (25 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: 130. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the same number of persons with type 1 diabetes will be seen as per current standards, guidelines and wait times for individual reimbursement support with regard to the FreeStyle Libre blood glucose management system in view of the workload that will be incurred by the endocrinologist consultants; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (25 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: 131. To ask the Minister for Health the minimum and maximum waiting times for adults and children with type 1 diabetes to see a consultant for follow-up or review consultation by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18156/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Apr 2018)

Mary Butler: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on the fact that their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Mary Butler: I had misunderstood the speaking situation this evening. I thought we would still be able to ask questions, but obviously it is statements at this stage. The fundamental issue that goes to the core of the matter is the withholding of vital information. Why was Ms Phelan's doctor not told of the mistake with her case until 2016? The audit had identified that the issue took place in...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Mary Butler: I did not.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 May 2018)

Mary Butler: 223. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18614/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 May 2018)

Mary Butler: 224. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18615/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

Mary Butler: The Government lost a Dáil vote on occupational pensions for community employment supervisors by a substantial margin last week. I repeat the call that was made in the motion that was agreed by the House for the Minister to meet the unions as a matter of urgency so that strike action can be averted. Approximately 40 of the 1,200 community employment supervisors in this country are due...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Medical Card Eligibility (2 May 2018)

Mary Butler: Ireland has an ageing population, but thankfully life expectancy has increased. Some of us, unfortunately, get sick, develop cancer, terminal illness or chronic conditions. This is a time when some people who do not qualify for a medical card need it most. The application process can be quite difficult if one is ill, recently diagnosed, traumatised and vulnerable. Many Oireachtas...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Medical Card Eligibility (2 May 2018)

Mary Butler: The programme for Government commits to a humane approach to discretionary medical cards for patients undergoing cancer treatment. The guidelines used to award discretionary cards for patients undergoing cancer treatment must be more lenient. They must be more caring. They must be patient-focused. The patient has to come first. They have to look at individual circumstances, case-by-case,...

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Mary Butler: I compliment Deputy James Browne on introducing this Bill which will ensure that mental health is to the forefront of key decisions being made by the Department of Health. The Mental Health Parity Bill will see mental health well-being treated the same as physical health and we believe there should be parity of esteem. I will focus on the number of children who present with mental health...