Results 12,961-12,980 of 24,326 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Extension (12 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a further extension to the tax relief for mortgage interest scheme for persons who bought during the period 2004 to 2008, as persons who bought during this period did so at a time of very high prices and are now repaying very large mortgages, and many of these persons are in negative equity, and it would be extremely beneficial, as it...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (12 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: 447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the community lifetime rating regime in order that medical cards are considered equivalent to health insurance for the purposes of determining if a person has to pay an age-related levy, and that such a measure would ensure that persons who have medical cards, based on financial circumstances, and therefore neither require nor can afford...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Services for Older People (12 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: 565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of elderly supports, schemes or grants that are currently funded in his Department; if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual funding for each scheme or support; the number of persons benefiting from them; the terms and conditions of each scheme; any additional demand being sought; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (12 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: 566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding levels available to councils for home adaption grants; his plans to amend the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18208/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (12 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: 617. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when Carrigaline and Douglas in County Cork will be provided with high-speed broadband; if he will provide details of the exact areas in each location that will benefit from high-speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18608/15]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: This session is a meeting with representatives from Tusla, including Mr. Gordon Jeyes, chief executive officer Mr. Fred McBride, chief operations officer, and Mr. Brian Lee, director of quality assurance, who I thank for attending at such short notice. The purpose of this meeting is to receive an update from Mr. Jeyes on a very serious matter raised last week at the Select Sub-committee on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I note for Senators that there is a division in the Seanad.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Jeyes. I have received a copy of the IMPACT letter to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs which states that it was not correct to say the files were new. It claims that they were in the system for several years and were revised and reviewed. I am sure Mr. Jeyes has seen the IMPACT letter and he might refer to that in his reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's point is relevant and I spoke to Mr. Jeyes about it prior to the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask members to take care. We are in the middle of a review and we do not have all the information. In fairness to staff, we should be careful in what we say in both questioning and commentary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: As Chair, I must be cognisant that there are several sides in the equation. I must be fair and balanced.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Is Mr. Jeyes saying that none of the cases were notified to senior management?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I was given the letter independently.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Who monitors the IT system of Tusla?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Will Mr. Jeyes explain what he means by shared services around the IT system?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: In saying that, Tusla should have a dedicated IT service.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: On the point of IT-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Protection Services in the Midlands: Tusla (7 May 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Is there an integrated, joined-up approach?