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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (17 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on dramatically reducing the cost of child care to parents while also increasing wages of workers in the child care sector; the steps she will take to achieve this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43757/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (17 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to eliminate child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43754/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I want to ask a number of questions. If a woman in one of the witnesses' surgeries decides on an abortion, have the witnesses ever told them it is illegal and they cannot have an abortion in this country? Has that woman ever said, "Okay, I won't have an abortion then"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: What I meant was, if a doctor says that to a woman, is it likely to put a woman off having an abortion? We regularly hear it argued in Ireland that the eighth amendment stops people having abortions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The point I was getting at is whether the witnesses think the fact it is illegal has ever stopped a woman from having an abortion. I will move on. If a woman tells Dr. O'Shea or Dr. Hanley that she does not have the money to travel but has made up her mind to have an abortion, are they allowed to say anything about the availability of medical abortion pills which would save her that journey?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: If such a woman is leaving the surgery in poverty or is in an abusive relationship, are there things she may do to try to end the pregnancy? Are the witnesses aware of such situations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The example the witness gave is actually a typical situation. We had a presentation yesterday from Dr. Abigail Aiken about the use of abortion pills and the studies she has done on woman. The example was given of Sandra, who is 38 and has three children. A lot of people think it is women who have never had a child who tend to have abortions. The example the witness gave is typical. Two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: That means about 76% of GPs probably believe it should be available to some or all women. That study was done in September 2012. Is there anything more up to date? The study predates the death of Savita Halappanavar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Following on from Senator Ruane's point about what would ideally happen in a surgery, I have been in surgeries and I can see how, if a doctor is under pressure with a lot of people sitting outside waiting, the scenario might not be as ideal as the one outlined. GPs are instructed to give non-directive advice but if a GP is opposed to abortion is he or she seriously going to have it as an option?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I will correct a point. To be accurate, nothing in Dr. Aiken's study stated that 43% of women were ill at ease afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is important that information like that not go out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Will we get the chance to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Does the Deputy have that information there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I wish to raise a final point on the public session meeting. I am not trying to delay us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: We need clarity as to when it will be. The Tuesday session-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Will it be, though? We need to book our own free time. If we are debating something as important as this issue, ample notice needs to be given to people. We cannot just arrive on Tuesday and get this agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It will be after the other Wednesday session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes. It is just so that everyone can know and people will not say next week that they are sorry because they did not know. Everyone knows.

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Not affordable supply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank all three witnesses for very their interesting presentations. I will start with the presentation from the witnesses from the WHO. They stated that there is no difference between abortion rates where abortion is legal or illegal because we regularly hear claims in Ireland from people who oppose abortion that it saves lives. We have heard the claim that it has saved 100,000 lives....