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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: It was on size.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: I have a couple of questions and then I will invite Ms Dooley to speak. I compliment the three credit union organisations. My family has had a long association with credit unions. As members know, I am from Waterford. My dad is no longer with us but he was one of the founding members and chairman of the Portlaw Ballyduff credit union. Recently, we have seen a lot of amalgamations. For...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: Mr. Johnson referred earlier to the costs of running credit unions. Would credit unions be able to compete with the Sparkassen interest rates of 1% and 2%? In terms of credit unions expanding their portfolios to lend to SMEs, could they be competitive with interest rates if they got the go-ahead to do it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: Has anybody else a final comment to make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: Is everyone happy? Mr. Molan, never let it be said that I excluded you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: I thank you all for coming here today to engage with the committee. I thank the committee members. We started at 3 p.m. so I thank them for their time. This is the final in a series of meetings the committee has held on this topic. It is intended to produce a report this year and we would like to invite everyone back on the day we launch the report, if they would like to attend. That...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (30 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans and the timeframe for pay restoration for primary and secondary teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4330/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (30 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a cataract operation at University Hospital Waterford longer than six, 12, 14 and 18 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4458/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 104. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the allocation of a dietician for autistic services in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3516/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 105. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 6 and 6 to 18 years of age with autistic spectrum disorder that are being or were diagnostically assessed on a monthly basis, by county in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3517/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 106. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts required to deliver full diagnostic assessments and support services to children on a waiting list with autistic spectrum disorder in County Waterford; the number of posts required on an ongoing basis to deliver the necessary therapies and supports for those children based on current trends; the details of the posts for occupational...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Waterford aged 6 to 18 years of age awaiting ASD diagnostic assessments [3519/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 108. To ask the Minister for Health when a permanent psychologist for children with autism aged between 6 and 18 years of age will be appointed to HSE disability services at Waterford community services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3520/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 109. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting lists for occupational therapy assessments for children with autism between 6 to 18 years of age in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3521/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3592/18]

Report on the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: People always said, "Congratulations, you are expecting a baby". It is my firm belief that the unborn baby must be protected in the Constitution. That is certainly where my vote will be. The committee witnesses spoke about a foetus and terminating the life of the foetus. What lovely language to use when, ultimately, one is aborting a baby. Everything to be found in a fully grown person...

Report on the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on one of the most important issues that has come before this House, the report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. I also thank the Oireachtas Members who gave their time to the committee, and I know this was very difficult. I was not a member of the committee but from the outset I engaged with the...

Report on the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: I should point out that this would go beyond the position in Britain, where the Abortion Act 1967 still requires two doctors to form the opinion in good faith that an abortion is necessary to prevent a risk to the mental or physical health of the pregnant woman. We all know this law is applied in such a way as to provide abortion on demand, with one in every five pregnancies in Britain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 305. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to add the medication freestyle libre to the long term illness reimbursement scheme; the timeframe of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2767/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments at the urology outpatient department of University Hospital Waterford from 2015 to 2017 in excess of six, 12, 18 and up to 24 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3258/18]