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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]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aer Lingus Sale (17 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the proposed sale of Aer Lingus to the International Airlines Group will benefit Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23240/15]

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: An bhfuil an Teachta Ó Cuív ceart go leor? Cad a tharla?

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: An bhfuil na huimhireacha aige?

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Ní raibh an Teachta Ó Cuív ag féachaint ar an gclár teilifíse.

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille seo agus gabhaim buíochas, mar aon le Teachtaí eile, leis na páirtithe sóisialta, go mór mór an Teachta Dála Seosamh Ó hUiginn. In welcoming the Bill and acknowledging that we are almost unanimous in this House in acknowledging that we need to change section 37, I am reminded of an incident in my younger days as a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the thresholds for capital acquisitions tax and to reduce the rate of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Deposit Interest Rates (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the rate of deposit interest retention tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23741/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Motor Insurance Coverage (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the enforcement of the requirement for all drivers to have insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23066/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 543. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Health (General Practitioner Services) Bill 2015 to complete its passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas; when the roll-out of general practitioner visit cards to all those over 70 years of age will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 844. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the context of a national energy policy, if consideration was given to energy conservation as an alternative to additional electricity generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23738/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 845. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if consideration was given to the effects on employment and tourism when developing energy policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23739/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance Regulation (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 859. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make legislative changes to encourage all drivers to take out motor insurance; his views that the current penalties for not having insurance are inadequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23066/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance Regulation (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 868. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures and supports in place to assist persons who are involved in traffic accidents, where the person who caused the damage is an uninsured driver; the circumstances under which a person may claim against the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland, pending finalisation of a claim against the Bureau; the facilities in place to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (11 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Today, the committee is holding its second session to consider the issue of affordable and high-quality child care. The committee has identified this issue as a priority in its work programme. Deputy McLellan is our rapporteur on the issue and she has engaged in significant work on our behalf. The child care sector faces a number of challenges. These include the increasing costs faced by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (11 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Akerlind. I am familiar with the work that the organisation does in Bishopstown. I wish to thank all of the team for their work and care they provide to young people. I invite Ms Paula Grogan Ryan from Tipperary to speak and she is part of Early Childhood Ireland delegation. She is very welcome.