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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy should stick to the Bill.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Deputy Kelleher in asking the Minister to ensure that another generation will not be enslaved to nicotine. I, too, am concerned about vaping. We have to take vaping very seriously because there is a movement to vape in an enclosed space or in a pub. Has the Department taken the initiative and commissioned research on this or have we conducted research on the dangers presented at...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: What I meant is that we should use this Bill as the propellant to do other things around the issue of vaping that will act as a deterrent in the interest of public health. I think, like Deputy Kelleher, that we have allowed a nicotine culture to develop and vaping is seen by some people to be cool and safe.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Deputies Kelleher, Ó Caoláin and Healy, as well as other members of the committee, for facilitating the Bill being taken today in advance of tomorrow's national no-smoking day. It is important that we all subscribe to having a tobacco-free Ireland. I thank the committee members for their assistance and co-operation. I hope we will have a tobacco-free Ireland. Let us...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (17 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 and has made amendments thereto.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Given Mr. Walsh’s previous incarnation as chief executive officer of Aer Lingus and having spoken earlier with warmth and affinity for Cork Airport, in growing the business out of that airport, which is still the second busiest airport in the State even though it has had a 36% decline in passenger numbers, what suggestions would the acquisition and merger bring to Cork to increase its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: How would this proposal improve or help Cork Airport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind everyone that mobile phones should be switched off or left in airplane mode as they interfere with the broadcasting of proceedings. We have received apologies from the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar. Owing to aviation connectivity issues, he has been unavoidably delayed. He hopes to be here, although he may not be able to make it. He will, however, endeavour to answer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Mr. Tony O'Brien, director general of the HSE. I thank him and all of his staff for the work they do on our behalf in hospitals and primary care centres. I also acknowledge the tremendous work being done in the health system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. O'Brien means that he is returning to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The only occasion on which officials are not permitted to speak is during consideration of the Estimates. Those are not my rules, Deputy Kelleher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy has one minute left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I will chair the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Every member is treated fairly and in accordance with the rules of the meeting. I would be happy to be judged on that. The Minister of State has the floor and six other people have indicated their wish to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that not being lost in translation? If somebody has a long-term illness card or a GP card-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: It can be every bit as good as a medical card.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: That is being lost in translation. Where is the deficiency in that case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Notwithstanding all that Mr. O'Brien has said, we have known about this demographic problem - that we are going to live longer and will have an increased population - for some time. In the past we spent money on health - we threw money into health - yet we still had waiting times in emergency departments, we still had an absence of step-down beds and we still had an issue with routine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I have six other people who wish to speak.