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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Senator and will hand back over to the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members and people in the Visitors Gallery to switch off their mobile telephones as they interfere with the proceedings of the meeting. The subject of today's meeting is children and youth affairs and I welcome the new Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Reilly. He was before the committee only last week as Minister for Health, but his return is very welcome. I also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (17 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 715. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the group of experts reviewing the eligibility criteria for medical cards, if he will consider including representatives of or experts with knowledge of kidney disease and organ transplantation in the expert group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32724/14]

Tributes on the Retirement of Members of Staff (16 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Martin had better start eating good food.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 288. To ask the Minister for Health regarding data protection in the context of expanding use of ICT in the health sector, his views on whether patients' personal information and health data should be treated differently to other data types; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31932/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 289. To ask the Minister for Health regarding data ownership, if his Department has considered the impact of different models of data ownership, for example, shared or pseudonymised, on the impact of research potential afforded by greater data collection with the expanding use of technology in the health sector. [31933/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 290. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the proposed health information Bill, if measures will be implemented to ensure the accuracy of health data collected and the interoperability of such data in order to facilitate large scale research and studies into health and related matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31934/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 291. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the proposed health information Bill, if the collection of health data by the public and private sectors, particularly private companies offering mobile health applications, will be treated differently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31935/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (15 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 686. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the fair deal scheme, where a person's family home is rented out while the person is in long stay care, if it is the rental income or capital value of the home that is taken into account in assessing the contribution to be paid towards the person's care,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31471/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members that the report on end-of-life care will be launched at noon on Tuesday, 15 July, in the audiovisual room. The interim report on the review of medical training and career structure, the MacCraith review, has been sent to members. I thank the representatives of the Health Service Executive for attending and the work they do day in, day out for all of us. I also thank the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Is the reason the HSE cannot attract them down to anything in particular?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Will a solution be found?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Part of the difficulty for a citizen is getting to talk to the decision-maker, which we have discussed here before, and to talk to the same person twice. Making contact with a different person each time is part of the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: The staff in the PCRS are very courteous, helpful and considerate. I do not want to leave the delegation with the impression that we are being critical of them. I repeat, the staff that I and Members have dealt with have been very courteous and helpful. Does Deputy Ó Caoláin wish to make a quick comment or will he let Mr. Hennessy finish?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Deputy Dowds and call Deputies Ó Caoláin and Healy, in that order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Can it be done out of hours?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Does that go back to the point I made to Mr. Mulvany that we should be recruiting people permanently rather than using agency staff? Do we have a plan to solve the impasse regarding the people in Waterford who may have to travel to Cork as opposed to someone coming to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: There is a need to put a plan in place to safeguard and provide a service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: A question was asked about a CCP presentation made to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: We are not going to have a discussion on that matter.