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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We are on section 11 and amendment No. 6 from Deputy Billy Kelleher.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: How stands the amendment?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Amendment No. 7 is ruled out of order because it is in conflict with the principle of the Bill as read a Second Time.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Amendment No. 8 is ruled out of order as it is outside the scope of the Bill.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We are on section 12. We are not having a discussion without amendments.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I understand, Deputy Ó Caoláin-----

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Excuse me. Sorry, I was going to say I was of the impression you were given the information at the start. That is what I was going to say. Go ahead.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I said I was of the impression hat you would have been given the information prior to the meeting.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: For the record of the meeting I will read what I have been given. I understand that amendment No. 7, in the name of Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, has been ruled out of order as it proposes that the commencement of the Act would be contingent on the publication and laying of a paper before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the financing of universal health insurance. This is in...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We are on section 12.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I will chair the meeting.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We are on the Bill.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: On the amendments please.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Does Deputy Kelleher wish to come in?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I would like to comment on Deputy Denis Naughten's proposal regarding the engagement of the HIA with particular groups such as older people. The HIA's website is somewhat confusing, even for those of us who are some way nimble on the computer. The HIA, to be fair, has engaged in a significant amount of promotion, but it would be a great idea for it to engage with elderly people who tend to...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We are not criticising the website. However, it is difficult to navigate.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Okay.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We do not want to get hung up on this issue. The public information campaign being suggested could take the form of a roadshow, for argument’s sake. Deputy Denis Naughten has mentioned that €8 million is being spent in this area. Is there any capacity within that funding? We are familiar with the campaigns organised by the Road Safety Authority and the health promotion unit...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Neither am I.