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Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...and Deputy Eamon Ryan. There were some queries about the numbers to be appointed to represent each group, a matter I hope to finalise today or tomorrow. I must speak to the Leader of the Seanad, Senator Buttimer, and get on with doing it. I regret the delay in making it happen.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...somebody to serve on the implementation committee. As soon as I have all those names, and I assume every party will want to participate, under the direction of the Leader of the Seanad, Senator Buttimer, the first meeting will take place and the authors of the report, former Senators Manning and O’Toole, are available to give technical advice if necessary to the implementation...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...This will come back to a committee of the Oireachtas and we will consider how best that committee should function, the same way as we did with the Oireachtas committee, chaired by the former Deputy Buttimer, which considered the implications of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...'s commitment to Seanad reform in A Programme for a Partnership Government. I am very supportive of the pursuit of implementation of the Manning report and have advised the new Leader of the Seanad, Senator Jerry Buttimer, that it should be a priority of his. I understand a number of Senators have also tabled a Bill to implement the Manning report. It is important that there be an...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...Many different groups are involved in this issue. Some 5,200 people will die in this country directly as a result of smoking. The Bill will go to the Oireachtas committee for hearings and Deputy Buttimer is in charge of that. I am sure he will take input from across the board.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...Bill were referred to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children for oral hearings involving medical and legal experts and advocacy groups. I thank the Chairman of the committee, Deputy Buttimer, and the committee members for the manner in which they carried out this very important work which has greatly contributed to the preparation of the legislation being debated in the...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...a number of options. There were hearings before Christmas. The Government approved the heads of a Bill on 30 April last. That Bill was sent to the Oireachtas committee that is chaired by Deputy Buttimer. It held three days of hearings from expert groups, expert witnesses and people who wanted to give their views. Today, the Government is considering the response from the committee and...

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...was very conscious of the fact that it would put in place a process that would not divide the country. In my view, the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, did a first-class job in chairing that committee's hearings.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should understand that heads of the Bill approved by the Government last week will be sent to the Oireachtas health committee for hearings to be conducted under the chairmanship of Deputy Buttimer. The Bill is not drafted yet. The Government approved the heads of a Bill and has sent it to the Oireachtas committee at which a discussion will take place on them. After the committee...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: ..., comprehensive, understanding and sensitive debate, and I hope that will happen during the course of this. The Deputy asked when it will come before the House. The committee of which Deputy Buttimer is chairman will receive the heads of the Bill. I understand they will hold a meeting tomorrow about the structure of how the chairman will propose to hold that debate. I urge everybody...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Apr 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...the Minister will bring the heads of the Bill to Government next week, publish those, send them to the committee and follow on from the information hearings of the committee chaired by Deputy Buttimer. I think that deals with the questions Deputy Martin raised.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: There is no promised legislation. I read the report on the case in question and there is an issue about the safety standards adopted in this case. I suggest Deputy Jerry Buttimer table this as a Topical Issue matter and the Ceann Comhairle may grant him permission to raise it.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: All of the insurance companies appeared last week before the Joint Committee on Health and Children chaired by Deputy Jerry Buttimer. These matters are being considered and I expect the Bill to be produced in April. The agreement referred to is a Labour Relations Commission document. The commission has been working diligently to get the details right and I expect the paper to be published...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...has set out a process by which this matter will be dealt with. This has included the information hearings held by the Joint Committee on Health and Children which is chaired by Deputy Jerry Buttimer. Work arising from the information hearings and the heads of the Bill is ongoing. The heads are being prepared by the Department of Health and the Minister will bring them to the Government...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...before Christmas with regard to dealing with the A, B and C case and the Supreme Court decision in the X case. The Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children under the chairmanship of Deputy Buttimer held its hearings on an information basis and presented that report to the Minister for Health. I can confirm that quite a deal of work has been done in preparation of the legislative heads...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Martin knows, Supplementary Estimates are always referred to the relevant committees and as Deputy Buttimer has pointed out-----

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Buttimer, as Chairman of the committee, has pointed out that the facility to debate the Supplementary Estimate will be available at the meeting of the Select Sub-Committee on Health, which Deputy Martin is entitled to attend if he wishes.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I can inform Deputy Jerry Buttimer that discussions and consultations on the Irish Aviation Authority Bill are ongoing. It will be next year before the Bill is published.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The point raised by Deputy Buttimer is a serious one for those so concerned.