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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I want to call Ms Geraldine Talty and Ms Claire Mahon who have indicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I call Ms Claire Mahon and then Ms Geraldine Talty. I invite Ms Talty to proceed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I call Ms Claire Mahon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I am conscious that Ms Grace Murphy is here and had not spoken. She is free to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: We have quarter of an hour remaining.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, Deputy Regina Doherty will be back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Up to now, what experience did a nurse need before taking up such a post?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Is it safe assume that there was joined-up thinking between the Secretary General at the Department and the HSE? Would the Department have read and known that this was done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Has that process commenced? Has there been communication with the INMO on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Can Ms Mahon give members an example of who would question that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin and, as I said at the end of my remarks, this committee will consider its response when it has heard all the evidence. I acknowledge there are no representatives of the HSE here today and due process demands we hear from all concerned parties. Today we will listen to the guests in attendance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator van Turnhout and I will now call Mr. Doran.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: If members wish to intervene they should do so but we must leave this committee room by 1.30 p.m. Perhaps Mr. Doran could keep his answers short as he was given latitude with the opening statements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: If that was the case five years ago and Mr. Doran's remarks are correct then this issue is not just a matter of resources.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Before I call on Deputy Ó Caoláin, I should acknowledge the presence of Oona Sugrue in the public gallery. I apologise for missing out her name earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Ms Claire Mahon, INMO president, Ms Geraldine Talty, second vice-president, and Ms Grace Murphy, who represents undergraduate student nurses. I also acknowledge the presence of Ms Helen Butler, Ms Karen Clarke, Mr. Darren Ó Cearúill, Ms Mary Walsh and Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha in the public gallery. The committee has no role in negotiations on behalf of any organisation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope the Deputy's party will be under-resourced for a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind committee members, delegates and those in the Visitors Gallery to switch off their mobile phones or leave them in flight mode because they interfere with the broadcasting of proceedings. I welcome those watching the meeting via UPC or on the Oireachtas website. Deputies Catherine Byrne, Peter Fitzpatrick, Eamonn Maloney and Robert Dowds have sent their apologies. The purpose of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 432. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of the money allocated to the Leader programme under the rural development programme that will be allocated to County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25351/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (17 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the changes and differences in the role and functions of city and county managers vis-à-vis chief executive officers of city and county councils since the introduction of the Local Government Reform Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25660/14]