Results 14,421-14,440 of 24,330 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind the House-----
- European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind the Deputy that we are speaking on the European Council meeting rather than anything else.
- European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Martin has possession. Go raibh maith agat.
- European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind Members that we are discussing the European Council meeting in Brussels.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that what Fianna Fáil did in the last Government?
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (2 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 111. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider proposals supporting a public memorial to take the form of a wall of honour in memory of Ireland's World War 1 veterans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28731/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for being here and their members who provide a tremendous service in the community. Those of us who actively engage with constituents recognise that pharmacists are a very good resource in the community. They are very accessible and when the generic referencing started they helped in many ways to calm the waters and provide good information to people, in particular...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: There is merit in those two points. Is it agreed that we follow up on them with the Department and the HSE and regarding the bankruptcy provision and the Pharmacy Act? I thank the witnesses for being here and acknowledge visitors in the Gallery. I remind members that their observations on the end of life care report are due back before tomorrow.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: What is the experience of your members of people who come with a prescription in their hand only to discover that their medical card has been terminated? Have your members had that experience with people? Have people had their medical card terminated without their knowledge? How do your members cope or react in that situation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Why is that the case? Is there fault to be attributed or is there some reason for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Is there any anecdotal evidence of a change in patients who have switched to generic medicines in terms of side effects or more regular taking of their medicine?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Has there been much engagement with the IMO on the issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Therefore, there is complementarity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I will allow Senator Crown to speak again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: In the absence of Deputies Billy Kelleher and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, whose apologies are noted, as is the presence of Deputy Sandra McLellan, I ask Senator John Crown to contribute first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Some members will be in and out of the meeting because of a vote at the Select sub-Committee on Finance. I apologise for this. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Sinn Féin's spokesperson on health, has asked me to pass on his apologies for not being present. He cannot be here because he has another duty in the Chamber.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind members, witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery that all mobile telephones should be switched off for the duration of this meeting because they interfere with the broadcasting of proceedings and cause unnecessary disturbance to staff members' headsets. Apologies have been received from Deputies Ciara Conway, Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Caoimhghín Ó...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Thank you Deputy. I welcome the viewers who are watching the proceedings of this meeting live on the UPC network and the Oireachtas website. It is important that we reach out to people. It is good to know it is being shown on the Oireachtas website and also on UPC. We are discussing the role of the pharmacy sector in Ireland and I thank Senator Colm Burke who requested that we hold this...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Expenditure (1 Jul 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 307. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the controls that will be in place at local level to ensure that allocation of the €250 million Leader funding secured as part of the rural development programme will be targeted, cost-effective and efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27881/14]