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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: It should be very final.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Senator Humphreys has been patient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I will take a final short question from Senator Reilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank Mr. Drennan and his team for coming in today to brief the committee. It has been very worthwhile. I would like to put on the record that there has been much communication to and fro, but at no stage did the witnesses ever refuse to appear before the committee. If we have some more questions and if we need them to come back before we conclude our pre-legislative scrutiny of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank Mr. Drennan.

Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I am the Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation. My committee colleagues, including Deputy Quinlivan, and I have spent quite a bit of time focusing on the issue of gift vouchers. We carried out pre-legislative scrutiny on a Bill brought forward by a colleague of mine, Deputy Niall Collins, and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Recently, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection contacted approximately 70,000 pensioners who are affected by the pensions anomalies brought about by the then Minister for Social Protection in 2012. Many pensioners have lost out to the tune of €30 per week. Is there a timeline for when these people will have a decision? I accept it is on a case-by-case basis but...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I also wish to raise the VAT increase on food supplements from 1 March, as I did last week. MacuShield is taken by many older people for macular degeneration. As my colleague said, the Taoiseach used the term "snake oil" in reference to some supplements. However, various health studies show that many supplements, including MacuShield, are of benefit to many. Will there be an exemption for...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: The cost overruns of the national children's hospital underline the need for enhanced oversight of public spending in the national development plan. Capital spending must be about more than ribbon-cutting by Ministers and glossy launch brochures. It has to be about more than spin and photo opportunities. After all, this is taxpayers' money we are talking about. This Bill is a practical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will have a follow-up appointment at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6499/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: 740. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements persons (details supplied) under EU regulations are entitled to in terms of optical and dental benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7032/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: 741. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason October 1946 was chosen as the cut-off date for those affected by pension anomalies since the changes in legislation in 2012; her plans on making changes to this date; if she will consider inclusion of those born prior to this date whose pensions were affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7033/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Airport Development Projects (7 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Waterford Airport has been without any commercial flights since mid-2016. I know the Minister is very familiar with this matter. The lack of international and national connections is a huge challenge. Extending the runway is crucial for the viability of Waterford Airport in the long term and in the context of any commercial future for the airport. Right now, Waterford's runway is only...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Airport Development Projects (7 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. Funding will be required from the State, local government and private investors. However, I believe a positive response from the Government and from the Minister will spur on other interested parties and ensure that the developments needed are delivered. It is imperative that support from the Government for the extension is delivered. If...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Unfortunately, for the first time since 1999, the country’s nurses and midwives have gone on strike across the health service and in the absence of any meaningful engagement with the Government, industrial action is to be further escalated. Today is the third full day of an INMO strike. No nurse or midwife, whether they go into psychiatric nursing or other areas of nursing, ever...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I ask for an answer on the second cath lab, perhaps from the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: The costs overrun on the national children's hospital will have a knock-on effect for many capital projects. Clarity is needed as a matter of priority as to which projects will be delayed or deferred. I refer to the second permanent cath lab at University Hospital Waterford that was signed off on by the Minister for Health at a meeting with all south east Oireachtas Members last October....

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil is supporting this Sinn Féin motion on JobPath and I thank Deputy Brady for bringing it forward. It is timely. My party is, of course, in favour of measures that support bringing people back into employment. However, we recognise and are concerned that JobPath has been the subject of substantial and sustained criticism. Over the past number of years, Fianna...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: 95. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home support hours being provided for in the 2019 HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5252/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: 303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA premises in Waterford city and county; the status of same; if they are occupied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5343/19]