Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 March 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Margaret Murphy O'MahonyMargaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Deputy. I apologise for being a bit late. Perhaps some of these points were covered in the Deputy's presentation. Realistically, within what timeframe does the Deputy see this coming to fruition? Will counsellors in this instance go through the exact same process as professionals currently regulated by the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005? I would like to pay tribute to Ms Ellen Coyne, as Deputy O'Reilly did. How would all of this be policed? If counsellors are working for organisations that do not abide by the law and continue to give false and misleading information to women, does the Deputy think that it will continue? Does he think that his Bill goes far enough to cover it?

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