Results 18,041-18,060 of 24,447 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I have a great deal more to say.
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We must ensure we get matters right in the context of the creation of the new child and family support agency. I hope the Minister and his Department will, in conjunction with the Joint Committee on Health and Children, consider how we should proceed in that regard. The proposed new directorate of mental health is most welcome. The Minister is in charge of his brief and wants reform to be...
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, has left the Chamber, but I will respond to Deputy Billy Kelleher's remarks. There are 1.8 million people with medical cards, the highest ever figure. As chairperson of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, I give the Deputy an assurance that we will invite HSE personnel with responsibility for medical cards to attend. We will...
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: No.
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy was a good member himself.
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We pumped €28 million into the medical card scheme.
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I wonder what happened in Cork.
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will set up a committee like Deputy Martin did.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: That is not true.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy McGrath has named an individual who is not in the House to defend himself and who is acting for a Government of all hues. I ask the Deputy to withdraw the remark.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Deputy to withdraw his remark.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy McGrath should withdraw the remark.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (29 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his involvement in negotiating the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 and the mid-term review thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3818/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (29 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the renegotiation of the Hyogo Framework for Action for Action 2005-2015; if renegotiation has commenced; if so, the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3819/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (29 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 has altered the response of Irish Aid to disasters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3820/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (29 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the progress being made on the white paper on patronage of schools; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3815/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (29 Jan 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the method of surveying local communities on the issue of patronage of schools; the way the surveys were conducted; the persons eligible to participate; the way invitations were issued and the level of engagement to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3816/13]