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

Jerry Buttimer: I have a question on organ donation. Like Senator Burke, I know a number of people in Cork who are concerned about the issue of organ donation. I would also like a reply to the question on the recruitment of consultants at Beaumont Hospital.

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

Jerry Buttimer: We should compliment Professor David Hickey, who has been a pioneer. We thank him and wish him well.

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

Jerry Buttimer: The committee has published a number of reports on organ donation, concussion in sport, deep-brain stimulation and palliative or end-of-life care. We might consider meeting in private session to discuss how we can advance all of those reports. We seem to have got little or no feedback on some of them. In the case of end-of-life care, it has been disappointing to the members. We might...

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

Jerry Buttimer: We have been in session since 9.30 a.m. I will give the Deputy two minutes.

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

Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, the practice in the committee has been that Deputy Keaveney's party colleagues on the committee have the facility of putting in questions in advance to the HSE and the Minister. They are Deputy Billy Kelleher, Deputy Robert Troy and Senator Marc MacSharry, who has been replaced by Senator Thomas Byrne. To be fair to Mr. O'Brien, he may not have answers now to the questions...

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

Jerry Buttimer: I am not sure either.

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

Jerry Buttimer: Before we finish, I thank the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, Mr. Jim Breslin and his team from the Department of Health and Mr. Tony O'Brien and his team from the HSE. I thank Mr. Ray Mitchell for co-ordinating the meeting today. I thank everyone warmly for participating. The Select Sub-Committee on Health will meet on Tuesday, 17 February 2015 to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (10 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 347. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on sanctioning an increase in wages and-or restoring the rent allowance payment for the recent intake of trainee members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5758/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 418. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include a vaccine for meningitis B into the national immunisation scheme; the contact there has been between his Department, the Health Service Executive and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5670/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (10 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to make arrangements for the payment of water charges where tenants in private rented accommodation have not paid; if landlords will be deemed liable for unpaid water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5950/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (10 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on revising the system of speeding fines and introducing graduated fines for infringements of the limits at the lower levels and larger fines and penalty points being reserved for those doing reckless and dangerous speeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5668/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (10 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on facilitating a system of payment of unpaid fines where the outstanding money is added to the amount due on motor tax for a vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5669/15]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, and his officials from the Department of Health: Mr. Jim Breslin, Secretary General, Ms Fiona Prendergast, finance unit, Mr. John Keegan, principal officer, and Mr. Barry Murphy, principal officer. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the revised Estimates for 2015. Our meeting today will involve a slightly revised format,...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I invite Deputies Kelleher and Ó Caoláin to make a five-minute contribution on the Minister's opening remarks.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: If the Minister cannot answer those questions we can come back to them under the development sub-head. This session is focusing on the key areas of activity under the headings of primary care reimbursement service, drugs refund scheme, acute hospitals and long-term residential care and other support services for older people. Members should keep their questions to those topics.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We are discussing the Estimates now, not the local election.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy can come back in again after the Minister as we started late. The timetable now is 11.04 a.m. to 11.40 a.m.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We are on the Estimates, not the future Government.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Would the Minister include in that commentary a decision not to change consultants' contracts in order to help tackle the waiting lists and free them up to do more private work, or more public work in some cases?