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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: I call Senator Gavan and I must ask him to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: I thank Mr. Kelly, Ms Benson, Mr. Finnegan and Ms Kiernan for their assistance in briefing the committee today and for answering all of the questions that were put to them.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and his office for facilitating this Topical Issue, which represents cross-party and cross-county support. Fourteen of the 19 Deputies in the south-east are supporting this petition and I thank my colleagues for doing so. As the Minister of State is aware, there is currently no provision for cardiology cover in Waterford and the south east after 5 p.m....

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: Stop passing the buck.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: I have not been in the Chamber for a long time as I was elected at the end of February 2016. However, even I know that a Private Members' motion will not change the mind of the Minister. It will certainly raise awareness, which is what I am doing today, along with other Deputies. It may influence the Government. I brought a Private Members' motion through the House in regard to dementia...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: I ask the Minister of State not to interrupt me. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, for her answer. My petition today does not concern waiting lists, to which the reply referred. Rather, it refers to 24-7 cardiology cover and the implementation of the Higgins report which clearly states, on page 87, that Waterford Regional Hospital will continue to provide cardiology...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: Yet the Minister of State chose to attack me.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: The Minister of State has threatened-----

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: The Minister of State is passing the buck.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: He is passing the buck.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: 146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will bring a memorandum to Government on the review of the community employment programme; when he will publish same, as outlined by him in October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: 158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a meeting will be scheduled in view of the fact that a chairperson has been appointed to the high-level community and voluntary forum and it has not met since April 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2104/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (24 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: 428. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason a person (details supplied) who secured fulltime employment at University Hospital Waterford in early December 2016 is still waiting for a personal identification number from Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. [2663/17]

Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to review legislation relating to elder abuse, specifically from a psychological and financial point of view. Has this review commenced and when can we expect to see a report on it?

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: I commend Deputy Robert Troy for being so proactive on this issue. Everybody seems to be talking about this matter but very little action has been taken in respect of it. The programme for Government contains a commitment to keep older people independent and active in their community. It states, "We also recognise the value and benefit of rural transport to many communities, in particular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (31 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) under the summer works scheme 2016 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (31 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Research Board review has completed its work regarding the need to regulate the home care services sector, that is, the way in which home care services are funded and regulated in comparable jurisdictions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3778/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (31 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the condition juvenile idiopathic arthritis, or more specifically polyarthritis, is not included on the list of conditions covered by the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (31 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the National Treatment Purchase Fund will resume arranging the provision of hospital treatment to persons on waiting lists; and the procedure whereby persons that have been waiting a long time for treatment will be able to apply to the fund. [4047/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (31 Jan 2017)

Mary Butler: 741. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason it is taking up to eight months for persons to have their cases scheduled for hearings under the Equality and Redundancy Acts by the Workplace Relations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3847/17]