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Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Our committee has had many engagements on Ireland joining the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN. The vast majority of EU countries are members of this scientific organisation. There is an economic dividend in being a member of CERN, but membership, at €1 million for associate membership and €10 million and more for full membership, is expensive. Has the...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Yes, the Government decided to join in 2016 at a cost of €1 million but the decision was withdrawn.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil supports the passing of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018 in the Dáil today. I am chair of the Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation, and this Bill has come before our committee on several occasions. Citizens are indebted to An Garda Síochána for its courageous and heroic acts. Gardaí put themselves in the line of fire while...

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2019)

Mary Butler: I wish to share time with my colleagues.

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Housing adaptation grants are crucially important in helping people with disabilities continue to live in their own homes and can have a significant impact on their independence and quality of life. The Bill being introduced by Fianna Fáil will require local authorities to make a decision on a person's entitlement to the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability within four...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Mary Butler: I have a question in respect of the electoral register. On Friday last, people voted in local and European elections, a referendum and, in three counties, a plebiscite. The turnout was just under 50%. I have heard reports about inaccuracies in the electoral register. I will give an example. A 73 year old man from Mount Melleray in west Waterford turned up to vote, having never missed a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Mary Butler: -----so it is very important that the electoral register should be in order.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (29 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 96. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of need carried out by the ASD team located in Waterford city and county in each of the years 2016 to 2018, by age groups of zero to six, seven to 12 and 13 to 18 years of age in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22901/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (29 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 97. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time a child may be waiting for an assessment of need for an ASD diagnosis in Waterford city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22902/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (29 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 98. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some HSE disability services in various CHOs are reluctant to accept privately sourced assessment of needs diagnosis for ASD which parents have privately undertaken from qualified medical personnel due to the length of the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22903/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (29 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 99. To ask the Minister for Health when and they way in which the 15 additional posts promised under the 2019 National Service Plan of the HSE to improve access and assessments for children in County Waterford and the south-east will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22904/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (29 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures in place to detect disease on imported bees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22924/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Intellectual Property Management (28 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 37. To ask the Taoiseach the value which the development of intellectual property contributed to the economy in 2018. [22525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (28 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for funding by a school (details supplied) will be determined; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22639/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property Management (28 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 187. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific measures being put in place to attract foreign direct investment from companies engaged in the commercialisation of all forms of intellectual property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22523/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property Management (28 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 188. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether uncertainty over the treatment of intellectual property assets in the tax system is hampering efforts to attract foreign direct investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22524/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (28 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 years of age and over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours in the first quarter of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22608/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2017: Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (28 May 2019)

Mary Butler: I remind members, visitors and those in the Public Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are switched off or are on flight mode for the duration of this meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when on silent mode. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2017: Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (28 May 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2017: Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (28 May 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State. It is important that the rates of pay, pension and sick pay for defined workers in the electrical contracting sector are defined. As with the SEO that was before us two weeks ago, this order is very welcome because it puts matters on a statutory footing. The Minister of State said that the order will come into effect on 1 September. Is that correct?