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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I acknowledge the presence in the Gallery of Oran Ó Caoláin and thank him for attending to see his party's spokesperson on health in Cavan-Monaghan speaking on his behalf.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: We hope he will follow his father's footsteps.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Quinn for his presentation and analysis. We all welcome the significant improvement in the quality of care for citizens residing in nursing homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: The committee is in public session. I ask members, witnesses and people in the Gallery to ensure their mobile telephones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment and with the staff, even when in silent mode. This meeting has been convened to discuss the Health Information and Quality Authority's annual overview report on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Very good. This morning's meeting concerns the first annual overview report on the regulation of designated centres for older people to be discussed. The report summarises the report findings of 697 individual inspection reports published by HIQA during 2013, along with analysing the regulatory activities HIQA undertook as a result of these findings. It provides an overview of the nursing...

Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the appointment of Deputy Frances Fitzgerald as Minister for Justice and Equality. I had the pleasure of serving with her in Seanad Éireann and of working with her as Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. I know she will bring to this brief a determination, compassion and sense of right. I look forward to working with her as Minister with...

Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I will put it on the record.

Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: They were members of the Provisional IRA who tried to kidnap gardaí and who killed members of An Garda Síochána, the armed Defence Forces and Members of the Oireachtas. As Members of this House, we are charged with the responsibility of protecting and defending the institutions of this State, including An Garda Síochána. We must never forget that. That said, An...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork cannot enrol in their local school; if the decision will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23465/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Premises (27 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the site and premises of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22138/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (27 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request his Department to reassess the primary schools in Togher, County Cork with a view to granting DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22882/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty of parents in enrolling children in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will consider facilitating the expansion of the school to cater for the increased population of the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22884/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated a scribe and reader for the leaving certificate; if the decision on appeal will be reviewed; the reason a student should suffer for the failure of the school to put in the application on time; if different criteria apply to allocation of scribes and readers for the junior...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the increases in rents that have taken place in recent months, if she will consider revising the levels of rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22123/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing measures to eliminate or reduce the delays in receiving payment from her Department by persons who work on a seasonal or occasional basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22883/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow is deemed eligible for a top-up payment for a single farm payment under the Scottish derogation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22995/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Council Inquiries (27 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 938. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints to the Medical Council that were being considered by the preliminary proceedings committee are now not being considered as a result of the Corbally ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23269/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Council Inquiries (27 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 939. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fitness to practice inquiries of the Medical Council that have been directly affected to date by the Corbally ruling, that is, the number of inquiries that have been adjourned; the number of inquiries that will not progress; the number of inquiries that have been discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23270/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (27 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 1007. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider liaising with management at the Child and Family Agency with a view to directing all social care and educational establishments that children in care should not be allowed or encouraged to break the law by being allowed to smoke and drink while under age and in State care; and if he will make a statement on the...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 May 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: We all recognise that medical cards are of extreme importance. They represent a very important social support that is supposed to provide access for those who cannot otherwise afford their required medical care. We must always remember that the primary purpose of medical cards is to support the patient. This focus on patients and their needs sometimes gets lost in the political infighting...