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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Does Deputy McLellan wish to speak now or shall we suspend the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We will suspend now in order that the Deputy's time will not be divided. I apologise to the witnesses for the interruption.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: There is a vote in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I support the Senator with regard to the Life Centre. It is not part of today's discussion but it is an unconventional facility that is keeping young people in education who would be lost otherwise. As a teacher, I believe it is a matter we must examine. Senator Burke is correct. It is not a one-size-fits-all model but it is keeping young people in education and away from trouble and from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: When is it expected to be ready?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not wish to pre-empt the findings of the report, but will it include in the area of special education places for school leavers and different categories of people with disabilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I know that this is not within Dr. Lynch's remit, but I am referring to a young person leaving school who has no place to go to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I shall allow Deputies Troy and Conway to make a brief comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Canavan, Dr. Lynch and Ms Brooks most sincerely for being here, for their courtesy and information. We look forward to continuing this dialogue as part of the development of the strategy.

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I only need a few minutes of that time, as I know the Minister is anxious to conclude this Stage of the Bill tonight. I commend the Bill. The Joint Committee on Health and Children, which I chair, visited Oberstown yesterday. I want to put on the record my thanks to the staff there for the work they do. This is a very important Bill, as Deputy Stanton said, not least because it is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Payments (23 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance the reductions he has made to the universal social charge; the number of persons who no longer have to pay the charge as a result of the decisions taken by this Government; if he will confirm that it is his intended position to continue to reduce the burden the charge imposes on working persons; if he will ultimately envisage that the charge will be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (23 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made on the flood relief scheme for Douglas in County Cork; when each stage of the scheme is expected to be completed; the funding that has been allocated to this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24745/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (23 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policy of his Department relating to the release of notifications of proposed redundancies under section 12(1) of the Protection of Employment Act 1977, as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24759/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (23 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider amending section 12(3) of the Protection of Employment Act 1977, as amended, in order that copies of notifications of proposed redundancies will be sent directly to the employees affected, in addition to the employees’ representatives, as is currently provided for; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allow a period of time for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, who are working or who have worked in the Civil Service and who have entered civil partnerships or who will marry, to change their single person pension to a spouse and children pension, on payment of equitable contributions, in view of the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to assist children who have impaired hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24224/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the way children with impaired hearing can receive cochlear implants; who sets out the rules and procedures for accessing this service; the amount of funding provided on an annual basis for this service; the location of hospitals where implants take place; if follow-up appointments are available in hospitals outside of Dublin;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (18 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 229. To ask the Minister for Health regarding persons returning from overseas or moving to Ireland for the first time who seek to take out private health insurance, if he will introduce measures to require health insurers to recognise health insurance cover held outside of Ireland by providers not registered here; where such policies have been held, if he will provide for an exemption from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Workplace Safety (18 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that in certain school settings, particularly those where students have behavioural difficulties, sometimes teachers and other staff sustain injuries arising from work place assaults; if she will amend the regulation of sick leave to take this into account, ensuring that teachers and other staff do not experience reduced income...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (17 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he recognises that reducing passenger numbers at Cork Airport needs to be addressed by a change in aviation policy; the measures he plans to take in order to assist in facilitating an increase in passenger numbers at Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/15]