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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To be fair to the Minister, that is not part of our remit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy must be very brief as there are several members waiting to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will now move on to the next group of members who have indicated, beginning with Senator Colm Burke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will not name Deputies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: People are getting enough publicity; I would not say any more.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We have seven members who wish to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: There are five other members who wish to speak. I want to bring them in too in a minute. Then I will bring in the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister of State is correct. The problem is that it instills fear in many people who are concerned that they will lose their medical card. I agree with the Minister of State, I support the HSE and I thank the staff in the PCRS and Mr. Paddy Burke for the work they do, but if the language used could be changed in some way it might help because it frightens people. I know from people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I am referring to the initial letter issued.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Will that include orthopaedics?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: There is a massive problem with orthopaedic procedures in the south.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I will allow Deputy Catherine Byrne in at this stage because she has to leave shortly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy has three minutes rather than ten minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Deputy not to name them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Very quickly. The Deputy has been speaking for three minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The person in question is not here to defend himself or herself.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy has made her point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: This committee has had a number of meetings on the subject of private health insurance. All of us know from our clinics and offices that people are concerned that health insurance does not seem to be coming down. It is going up. There are now more health insurance plans than one has fingers and toes. While it is necessary to find the correct plan, people are genuinely concerned about the...