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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Why is it taking longer than many people would have thought?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: There is a vote in the Dáil. Could the Senator conclude?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will suspend until after the vote in the Dáil. I again apologise for the interruptions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Jeyes and congratulate him on his impending appointment as chief executive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind the Deputy that we are not dealing with specifics now. The remit is the creation of the new agency as opposed to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will have an opportunity later in the term to discuss the report with the Minister and with HIQA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise to Mr. Gordon Jeyes and Ms Eibhlin Byrne for the delay. Democracy does not stand and wait for any of us to do our parliamentary duty. This is the second presentation on the establishment of the child and family support agency. I welcome Mr. Gordon Jeyes, chief executive officer designate of the agency, who is joined by Ms Evelyn Byrne, and I thank them for attending. I thank...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Professor Dolan, Ms Dineen, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Finlay, Mr. Campbell and Ms Flaherty for their contributions. We will deliberate further on the proposed new agency and I understand the heads of a Bill will be coming before the committee. We will suspend the meeting for five minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Has the pendulum swung more, given what you have just said, towards child protection as opposed to family child support, which is something that perhaps we need to be more tuned into?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Before I call Mr. Campbell, there will probably be a vote on the Order of Business in the Dáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Has this turf-war mentality ceased?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, but there is a significant amount of governance involved in setting up this new structure. For example, there is the transfer of personnel and getting the rubric right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Will NGOs provide 20% of the new agency's services?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will come back to that question again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I will call Deputy Naughten as he is the only one who indicated. He has three minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Flaherty and all the witnesses for their excellent presentations. Deputy Troy has five minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Someone's mobile telephone is going off. My apologies to members of staff who are recording proceedings and I ask that mobile telephones be turned off please. I apologise to the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is wrong on that point. He has appeared before the joint committee previously. He has appeared since the Deputy's appointment as spokesperson.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To clarify, he has been before the joint committee previously.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy's time is almost up.