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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Thank you. Apologies to Ms Freeman for interrupting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Which families received the booklet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I now call Mr. Dominic Layden.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: How can Dr. Brophy suggest it is State-sponsored when it is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: That not the State but is a separate arm.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Does Dr. Brophy suggest we should have no festivals with extensions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Is Dr. Brophy suggesting the judge or Garda superintendent who signs off on such matters does not consider all the criteria?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: What does Dr. Brophy have in mind in respect of licensing extensions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Can Dr. Brophy be definitive in respect of what he means and can he be descriptive?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: That is not necessarily linked to the licensing law.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Given everything that has been heard at this meeting, it is important that the joint committee should send a message expressing the hope that the use of alcohol over the weekend marking the St Patrick's Day festival will be moderate. Moreover, it is to be hoped the exploitation that has happened in the past in respect of Arthur's day and other events will not take place and the image of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We have been digressing. I am conscious that Dr. Brophy has been on his feet for 12 minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Brophy and invite Ms Freeman to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Why is that battle taking place? As Deputy Conway and others have rightly noted, the bottom line is to reduce death and self-harm. Consequently, why is this intense battling taking place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Layden for his presentation. The footnote on his submission on the organisation’s board members’ salaries is welcome and shows leadership. I call on Ms Joan Freeman, Pieta House, to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Mr. Dominic Layden, chief executive officer of Aware. I thank him for being here and ask that he make his presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: The joint committee has now resumed in public session for the second part of this meeting. I thank everyone for their attendance and I thank the witnesses for their patience. As the last part of the meeting was extended and the joint committee also had some business in private session at the outset, I apologise for the delay. The joint committee has reconvened for the second part of its...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I now invite Mr. Ciaran Austin, director of services for Console, to make his opening statement. He is welcome.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind members that mobile telephones should be turned off or put in aeroplane mode, not silent mode, because the latter does not allow the telephone to be blocked and consequently causes interference. I ask anyone with a mobile telephone to turn it off or to put it into aeroplane mode. I apologise to Mr. Austin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I wish to ask a question about statistics on emigrants abroad. Do we have any record of the number of Irish people abroad who have died as a consequence of self-harm or from suicide? Do we have figures for young people under the age of 18? I will start with Professor Arensman.