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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Thank you. I had a very positive meeting with them and they expressed concerns to me. I will not go through them at this meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Sorry; we will not go into that now. The question was specific to the authority and Mr. Gildea has answered it. Other bodies are not represented to answer for themselves, to be fair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Perish the thought.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We will be returning to that in another part of the discussion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: As I said, we will be continuing this discussion on adoption. This is our first meeting-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: No, not today. That is not allowed under the rules of the House. You are putting her and the committee in an unfair position. You may request that she-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: You may request that the person you named be invited to appear at a future date and we will be happy to facilitate that request. There is no issue with the request being facilitated; it is just that this is not the appropriate way to do business. There is no difficulty with facilitating your request at a later date. As the Senator knows, we do that all the time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank everybody for their patience and for the quality of their presentations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Are those contracts advertised and robustly challenged with regard to costs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: That is Ms Lohan's personal view.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise to the witnesses and Senators, but there were a number of votes in the Dáil and there will be more.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank members and witnesses for their patience. As Deputy Byrne stated, it is disconcerting when we lose half an hour to a vote. I apologise. The witnesses might now deal with specific questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We cannot name people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: What protocols has the authority put in place to safeguard these people?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We know this, but in terms of the figure quoted and the number of people involved, what protocols are in place to assist people in not having to go down this road?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I wish to inform members of the Seanad that a vote has been called.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask Ms Loftus to provide this information after the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I propose that we suspend until after the vote and I apologise to the witnesses. At times the Parliament interferes with democracy. We will resume after the vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: No. I will give the Deputy the right of reply at the end.