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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: That is a good point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Duffy can begin to deal with the questions and then I will call Dr. Foley-Nolan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: From Mr. Duffy's experience, how manageable is the move to have sugar-free schools?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: As you stated, the best line is about prevention and wellness and changing the message. I thank Dr. Foley-Nolan for her presentation. I welcome Mr. Duffy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The members have not begun asking questions yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The opening remark about sugar being more harmful than tobacco might be revisited.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is straying from the subject matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The committee would join with the Deputy in his remarks, as it has done previously, regarding the role of safefood. We hope the remit will continue on an all-island basis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Mr. Gerry Duffy and Mr. Jorge Arroita, directors at Murduff Wholesale Limited; and from safefood Dr. Cliodhna Foley-Nolan, director of human health and nutrition, and Ms Fiona Gilligan, director of marketing and communications. Some of us will know Ms Gilligan from "Operation Transformation". This is our latest meeting on our priority topic of tackling childhood obesity. We had a...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Remuneration (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of salaries paid by the National Assets Management Agency to its employees, in bands of €25,000; the number of employees in each band; the qualifications and experience of the employees in each band; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42484/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Remuneration (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Finance the benchmarks and criteria used by the National Assets Management Agency in determining the salaries paid to its employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42485/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the recommendations pertaining to the criminal justice system contained in the Fifth Report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, if he has consulted with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs; if there is a time frame for the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42482/12]
- Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, if that is agreeable to the House.
- Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Despite being technical in nature, this Bill is very important. The thrust of the point I wanted to make in respect of the issue of psychotherapists and counsellors has been made by Deputy Neville. The Government should introduce an amendment to the Bill on Committee Stage because, speaking as someone who has been a director of adult education, who himself has gone through the process of...
- Addiction Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The heckling is getting to me.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: In the city of Cork, many people cannot obtain insurance due to flooding or subsidence-----
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Has the Government a plan? I wrote to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on this issue.