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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason diagnostics here for Lyme disease appear to be at odds with those of other countries such as Germany; the measures he is taking to ensure that persons with Lyme disease are accurately diagnosed; his views on cases in which persons with Lyme disease are being told in error that they are Lyme disease negative; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to make the public aware of the risk of Lyme disease; if he will increase public awareness of the methods of contraction, the symptoms, the treatments available and the consequences of not treating the condition; the amount the HSE spends annually on public awareness surrounding Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I remind everyone to please switch off their mobile phones completely as they interfere with the recording and broadcasting equipment. We now turn to considering the current situation in Bus Éireann. I welcome the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, to our meeting which is the fourth in a series convened by this committee to discuss the very challenging situation...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister. The Fine Gael grouping is sharing the first 15 minutes. I call Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I call Senator O'Mahony. There are seven minutes left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: The Fianna Fáil grouping has 15 minutes and I call Deputy Robert Troy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: The Minister has four minutes to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: There are only two and a half now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I call Deputy Mick Barry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Allow the Minister to reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: The Deputy has had time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: The Deputy has gone over time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I ask the Deputy to end very briefly, because I need to call Deputy Murphy and a number of other speakers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I call Deputy Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I must call Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe before calling non-members of the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Deputy Bríd Smith, Senator Dolan, Deputy Ó Cuív and Deputy Fitzmaurice, who are not members of this committee, have indicated that they wish to speak. As there are 16 minutes left in this part of the meeting, I will call them in that order and give each of them four minutes for questions and answers. I ask them to stick strictly to the time limit I have outlined.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: There is only a minute left for the Minister's response. We need to facilitate everyone else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: That is a matter for the Minister's response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: The Minister will have to be brief to be fair to the other non-members I would like to allow in.