Results 14,641-14,660 of 24,447 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We could be here for the day discussing the matter; I am not in a hurry.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I regret to inform the Deputy that the amendment is not in order and cannot be moved. A revised list of amendments has been circulated.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I understand that. The Deputy should frame the amendment list as he has been included as the Minister for Health. He should put it on his office wall and in his front room at home.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: It probably was.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is straying from the Bill.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind Members that we are dealing with Committee Stage, not Second Stage. Perhaps they might stick to discussing the Bill and the proposed amendments.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Alex White and officials from the Department to the meeting. I remind them that only the Minister of State may speak as this is a Select Committee of the Dáil. I invite the Minister of State to make his opening remarks.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria (19 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the rental accommodation scheme, if there are any exceptions to the requirement to be on rent supplement for 18 months before qualifying for RAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26486/14]
- Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: An Garda Síochána is a fundamental component in the functioning of communities and our society. Thankfully, since the foundation of the State the vast majority of our population have trusted the Garda, and gardaí in turn have protected our State and its people. In the context of discussing Garda reform, we should not forget the historic role played by the Garda and the...
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The Constitutional Convention has concluded its deliberations. Has the Government given any consideration as to when its outstanding final reports will be published?
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Mathews could have been part of it.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Imagine having to make a decision, Catherine. That would be difficult for you.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: What way is the wind blowing, Finian?
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Rate (18 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending section 97 of the Tax Consolidation Act 1997 to allow local property tax to be deductible against rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26364/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (18 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress being made in establishing two new secondary schools in the Carrigaline and south Cork suburbs; the criteria that will be used in determining the locations of both schools; if the location of each school will be influenced by the location of other schools with similar ethos, or the lack thereof; and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: There is one further question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: That is beyond our remit, as the Deputy knows. He could be Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I did not have to be won around anywhere.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: On that point, it would not be fair to say the members of the committee were of that view in the context of health. We recognise that health is a public service and that the people who work in it deserve tremendous credit, not just for their professional commitment but also for the work they do outside that and the care they give to patients and each other. It is a bit unfair to say that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes. It is also before the meeting. It is important to do it. It is also important that we ask the HSE to engage meaningfully with the INMO, notwithstanding that the committee does not have a role in industrial relations. It behoves all of us to ensure that those who work as and represent front-line staff in particular are engaged with properly by the HSE, which is the responsible body....