Results 13,801-13,820 of 24,447 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 409. To ask the Minister for Health when the revised application procedure and new application form for medical cards will come into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49110/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the assets that are not taken into account when a person is applying for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49111/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the additional flexibility that will be facilitated when determining a person's means and taking into account the burden of an illness under his proposed changes to the medical card application procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49112/14]
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: In welcoming this debate, I will begin by thanking Deputy Clare Daly for putting this Private Members’ Bill before the House. It proposes to remove the eighth amendment to the Constitution and will create a new provision in it. If it is the will of the people, deleting Article 43.3.3° will remove the right to life of the mother whose life is threatened by her pregnancy and,...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The heave is on.
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Community Work Initiatives (17 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on amending the Tús scheme so that participants have the option of continuing with their placement beyond the initial 12-month period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48746/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Who is the HSE person in charge of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: You are in charge of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I got a phone call from a citizen today whose mother was in one of these care homes. In the context of the sensitivity and privacy of the citizens we are talking about, would it be the norm that a male would assist a male and a female would assist a female with bathing, washing and cleaning? In the case of an elderly woman, would a woman rather than a man look after her?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: There was a stress that this person's mother was being taken care of by a male.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I will do that. This has been a very useful and necessary first step in our committee's journey. It is about the respect and dignity of our people who are citizens of our Republic and who, in many cases, are vulnerable and require the State to look after and take care of them. It is important that we recognise the value of a very committed workforce who have provided huge service,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: It will come to the secretariat.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I have a couple of questions for Mr. Pat Healy on the congregated settings and the policy in that respect. We all welcome the HIQA inspections but, from talking to service providers, we realise there is a financial cost to meeting HIQA standards. In many cases, the service provider has not been resourced. I know of one organisation that has spent close to €700,000 trying to comply...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I have one question based on what Mr. O’Brien just said and on the appointment. Anecdotally, we have all got complaints, either in the meeting with the ambulance service which I will not go over now, and in other areas of the health service. I applaud what Mr. O’Brien is doing but it goes back to Senator O’Brien’s point about the culture. Is Mr. O’Brien...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Sorry, can Mr. O'Brien say that again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: What is the position in the case of the agency staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Did they come via a recruitment agency or have there been other checks and balances in respect of that agency?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I will ask a stupid question, if I may. Were these people to go to the south or eastern regions, would they be red-flagged as being under investigation or whatever term, without prejudice to the other case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: For the information of Deputy O'Dowd, this is the first of a series of meetings we are to hold as a committee on the issue of congregated setting, home care setting for people with intellectual disabilities. I have allocated four minutes to each speaker who is not a party spokesperson.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: How does the position co-exist with the role of HIQA?