Results 13,461-13,480 of 24,571 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Mail order in general, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for their attendance at a lengthy and highly informative meeting. I thank them for their time and involvement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I again thank the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: We will resume in public session. I want to remind people about mobile phones as they interfere with broadcasting of the session. The second segment of our meeting today is to continue our pre-legislative scrutiny of the heads of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015. I warmly welcome Dr. John Holmes and Mr. Colin Angus to this committee meeting. Apologies for holding you, as you have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Does Dr. Holmes believe these measurements are consistent with the way in which we should measure our alcohol consumption?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: The committee has recently concluded a debate on plain packaging on tobacco. Would a warning label help? Would the placing of pictures on bottles warning about the negative effects of alcohol work rather than just text?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Are they warnings in text only?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Have the witnesses considered changing the ingredients to reduce the strength of alcohol?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: After publication of the heads of the Bill some comments on the price issue were similar to what Deputy Ó Caoláin said, and there was the question of whether this penalises low risk drinkers for the ills of others.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Holmes and Mr. Angus for attending today's meeting and for their impressive presentations and engagement.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: 259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the planning and development regulations, the definition of a "pond"; when such a definition came into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10878/15]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I congratulate Mr. Sloyan on his new job. I know him from a previous role. He stated in his submission that he required the company to provide full reports on the outages. Has he received all the information he required?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Sloyan's office has a budget of €1.5 billion and a staff of ten. Can he explain the roles and duties of the staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Sloyan stated that a safe lottery is a lottery in which the interests of participants are protected. I suggest to Mr. Griffin that player protection and confidence in his company's endeavours are still matters that he must strive to achieve. I do not think his organisation has made a good start and it made a ham fisted transition from "Winning Streak". It is a question of protecting...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I did not get a response to my questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I did not mean to grill him. I wish him well.
- Message from Seanad (11 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Seanad Éireann has passed the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015, without amendment.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (11 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Tonight in this Chamber I am reminded of the words of Frances Wright, the great social reformer, who said "equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it". Tonight in this Chamber we debate a constitutional referendum Bill that is not about children, urban versus rural, political parties and Independents against each other, liberals or conservatives or church and...