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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: It is different.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: I asked Mr. Cummins this question and he may have answered it. Did the association consider moving people who are in most need from Dublin down the country? Did he answer that question?

Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank the Acting Chair for his indulgence. I am a member of the housing committee, so I am learning to run from a committee meeting to the Dáil. Fianna Fáil has consistently argued for the restoration of the National Treatment Purchase Fund. This would reduce waiting lists and waiting times by referring public patients for treatment in private or public hospitals here, in the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Election of Chairman (20 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: I nominate Deputy John Curran from the constituency of Dublin Mid-West as Chairman of the committee.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank the Chairman and congratulate him on his election. I welcome my appointment as a member of the committee. It is a committee that is not partial to any one area. It is important to acknowledge that the problem is felt all over the country, in both urban and rural areas. I represent both the city and county parts of my constituency. We have to remember the need to strike a balance....

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: Will the Chairman confirm the time of next Tuesday's meeting?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Post Office Network (14 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why she issued correspondence encouraging social protection recipients, especially jobseekers who work casually and part time, to use banks and financial institutions instead of post offices to receive payments; if this is undermining the post office network; if she will respond to concerns raised by persons who wish to continue to use their post...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: 459. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a soft tissue clinic in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6705/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: 460. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a date for surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and to make a statement on the matter. [6706/16]

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: As this is my first opportunity to speak in the Dáil since the general election, I would like to thank all those who voted for me in Waterford. It is a privilege and an honour to have their support and to represent them in this House. Contrary to what one previous speaker said, as a woman I do not class myself as a second-class citizen. I also take this opportunity to congratulate the...