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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: We agreed that matters taken in private session can be brought out in public in order that the public knows what is going on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I will finish on that. Some of my questions relate to abortion pills, which have changed attitudes towards abortion in this country. It is inevitable that eventually, no matter what happens on this committee, that will continue to be normalised here. The mental health of all women who want abortions matters, and of course this is the case for women who are suicidal. Is it the case that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: In another study that Professor O'Keane did about the prevalence of rates of antenatal depression in the Irish obstetric service - it has a very long title but she knows the one I mean - she found that one in six pregnant women was depressed, which seems to be a higher rate than in other countries in the OECD. The depression got worse as the pregnancy advanced by trimester and depression was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I wish to make a few brief points. I believe it was the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre which stated that, based on its research, approximately 5% of women could become pregnant as a result of rape.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Okay. I saw 5% somewhere else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is 4% or 5%. While I was growing up, there was a myth, which I am sure the witnesses have heard, that no one could become pregnant as a result of rape. It is not that long ago since these myths still existed. How many rape victims would be likely to be able to access their right to an abortion if a rape ground was introduced with some burden of proof? According to the Dublin Rape...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes. I just wanted to ask them together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: A survey conducted at the Rotunda in 2000 found that one in eight pregnant women experience violence during pregnancy. It is a heightened time for violence against women. Does Dr. Eogan agree that many such women were probably raped at some point during their abusive experience but did not attend a sexual assault treatment unit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I did not know that this was going to come up in public session. The matter came up in an earlier session, and if the person wanted to reply he should have raised it there. Things have just been said that are completely and utterly refuted by Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, who actually conducted an investigation and did not just read the notes. It is quite upsetting that this is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank both witnesses for contributing. It would be difficult for anybody to listen to what they had to say. Nobody, including myself, would have even considered some of the details and how harrowing it must have been, particularly for somebody who wants to go through with the abortion but cannot for practical reasons. That is not widely known in Ireland. Awareness about fatal foetal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on increasing public funding of third level colleges to reverse the cuts that have taken place since 2008 and to end reliance on private sector funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44822/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the maintenance grant for postgraduate students will be restored. [44856/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding for and make changes to the SUSI grant to deliver increases in grants for students in view of the rise in the costs of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44821/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the two-tier pay system in place for teachers will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44857/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (24 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 217. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concluding observations on Ireland on the decriminalisation of abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43755/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (24 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to implement the recommendation of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding access to safe abortion and post-abortion care services for those under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43756/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Youth Homelessness Strategy (24 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to end child homelessness, in view of the fact that there are more than 3,000 homeless children and one in three homeless persons is a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43758/17]

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce increased payments for children living in direct provision; the measures he is taking to address the vulnerable position of children in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44223/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the right to work for persons seeking asylum arising from the Supreme Court ruling (details supplied) will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make provision for family members over 18 years of age and those in a more extended family to be included in family reunification visas for persons who are here as part of the Irish refugee protection programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44222/17]