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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: Yes. We might hear from Professor McClean then, if Professor McNulty does not mind.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: I am going to allow Professor McClean in to give a synopsis of medical devices and public health in layman's terms, if possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: I thank Professor McClean. That was very informative. Some months ago we all would have heard on the news about an ill child in England whose parents were bringing him to Europe for proton treatment. That was the first time I had heard of it. Professor McClean has now explained it. I did not understand it at the time. I call Senator Mac Lochlainn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: If any of the other witnesses would like to come in at any time, they should feel free to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: I call Mr. Hendricks, CEO of Sonru.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: I ask him to inform the committee of his experience. The more we hear on all of this, the more that will help us to make our submission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: Does Mr. Hendrick believe that this association with CERN led to an increase in the number of staff his company employs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: We have had a medical point of view and a business point of view. I will ask Professor O'Shea to give us an academic point of view.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: I thank Professor O'Shea. I call Deputy Neville.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: Even at entry point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: It ispro rata.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: Any time the Minister of State, Deputy John Halligan, has come before the committee, he has been supportive of it, but the cost has always been raised as a factor. Would there be any disadvantage to us as a country in being a member of CERN?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: That is quite obvious. When we stop and look at the map, it tells the story. More than two thirds of us are new politicians who were elected for the first time in the most recent general election. Two committee members have been here longer. While we have had discussions on CERN, we have never had such a comprehensive discussion. I had never seen the medical side of it. Sometimes it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: There is no doubt about the passion and enthusiasm of the delegates. We have heard many presentations and they have been so positive. I return to Mr. Hendrick. I am sure that plenty of other companies throughout Ireland would have a similar story to tell on the positives of membership of CERN and what it would mean to their companies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: Are there any further comments or questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: Any further comments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: I thank the witnesses for their attendance and engagement with the committee. It has been most useful for us. That concludes all of the business on today's agenda.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: I wish to raise the same issue. I support Deputy Mattie McGrath in what he has said. We both raised the matter in the House two weeks ago under a Topical Issue debate and we have not received a comprehensive reply. The situation is that a doctor is after retiring and there has been locum cover there for the past 12 months. We all know rural practice is in decline, but the situation is...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland Staff (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: 323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria and qualifications required to sit on the Science Foundation Ireland oversight review panel; the make-up and format of the panel; the remit of the panel to consider the funding allocation 2019-2025; the reason for the necessity of an additional panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42170/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (16 Oct 2018)
Mary Butler: 358. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in the short to medium term to meet representatives of an organisation (details supplied) to discuss new medication which could be made available for sufferers of multiple sclerosis here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41789/18]