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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: No. I have an open mind in this regard. Were Mr. Murphy to take his hypothesis to its natural conclusion, the status quo would be maintained because of a confusion in terminology and an unwillingness to embrace the need for everyone to buy into this approach. Am I wrong?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Outside of the emotion in the immediate aftermath of a death, have we a body of evidence to suggest why families decline?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: He will attend our meeting next week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: That was my information. I have an e-donor card or app.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I call Mr. Watts. After him, Mr. Brolly, Ms Quinn, Ms O'Halloran, Mr. Kiely and Ms Betson will be next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Love bombing does not work on the committee. She is perfect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We are good neighbours. There is always chocolate in her office, by the way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: As a gay person I have an e-donor card.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: It would be interesting to find out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will certainly follow up on this. I have been carrying a donor card for a long time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: That is correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I will call the other members, after which we will go back to the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Watts for his presentation. I welcome a delegation to the Visitors Gallery that consists of Ms Nicola Cassidy, Irish Lung Fibrosis Association, ILFA, Ms Lorna Murphy, ILFA and transplant nurse at the Mater Hospital, Ms Catherine O'Connor and Ms Mary O'Connor, Irish Donor Network, and Ms Patricia May. I call on Deputy Kelleher to commence for Fianna Fáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thought there were metrosexuals in Fianna Fáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I call Deputy Sandra McLellan and welcome her on her first outing as the Sinn Féin lead spokesperson. She is a new member of the committee and has made a good contribution since joining.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Murphy for his presentation and for coming here this morning. Our next speaker is Mr. Brendan Gilligan who is the chairperson of the Irish Heart and Lung Transplant Association.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Gilligan for his presentation. I should also have welcomed Mr. Martin Doody, chairperson of the Irish Kidney Association. I know he will be taking part in the question and answer session later on. Our final speaker in this segment of the meeting is Mr. Philip Watts, chief executive officer of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland and the Irish Donor Network. I welcome him and thank him for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms O'Halloran, Mr. Kiely and Ms Betson. This afternoon they will speak in the audio-visual room at a meeting organised by Deputy Patrick O'Donovan. I hope other Members of the Oireachtas who are not here this morning will be able to attend. I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee. Our next set of speakers from the Irish Kidney Association are Mr. Martin Doody,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Quinn for coming this morning and sharing her story. Our next group of speakers Ms Noreen O'Halloran, Mr. Michael Kiely and Ms Annette Betson are also sharing time. I ask Ms O'Halloran to lead off.