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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Neither have I. I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Commissioner Andriukaitis for his very challenging presentation of priorities for the year. Our committee is very proactive in dealing with many of the issues he raised, and we have a broad remit extending from the health area to children's rights and the care of the elderly. At the end of our meeting I will present to the Commissioner a copy of a related report dealing with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Commissioner can see we are very passionate, as he is, about our health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I wonder whether the Commissioner might comment on the issue of the Ebola virus. We are anxious to hear about the visit he made in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health and Food Safety: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (22 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Andriukaitis on my own behalf and on behalf of the committee for his active participation in this morning's meeting. As Deputy Ó Caoláin rightly said, he spoke about the three Ps and he certainly showed passion in his presentation. I thank all of his cabinet members and members of staff who were here with him this morning. I thank Mr. Scannell and Mr. Miko, who were...

Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: You left us.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We know that.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We heard the Deputy last Sunday. It was voodoo economics.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: It was not frivolous.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We are not trivialising it at all.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 34. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make EpiPens more widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2344/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (21 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 51. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the timeframe for the universal health/patient identifier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2345/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (20 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 167. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2513/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Transport (20 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 168. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this compares to similar expenditure for the four years 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2529/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (20 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2512/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Transport (20 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on Ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this compares to similar expenditure for the four years 2007 to 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2528/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (20 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes to the EU/ECB/IMF programme of financial support he has secured since taking office; the amount of savings generated by each change; the cost to the State had each change to the programme not been achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2497/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (20 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2506/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Transport (20 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this compares to similar expenditure for the four years 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2522/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (20 Jan 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2511/15]