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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Care Facilities and Inspections: Discussion (11 Jun 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and apologise for having had to leave the room for a few minutes. Everybody has mentioned the shocking effect the "Prime Time" programme had. I could not understand where other people were at the time the filming was going on and why they did not step in. It does not make sense to me. If I am in a room where a child is being abused, I do not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jun 2013)

Catherine Byrne: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the new multi-denominational school building at Griffith Barracks, South Circular Road, Dublin 8; when an design team will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27222/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (11 Jun 2013)

Catherine Byrne: 427. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent supplement will be replaced by the announced housing assistance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26945/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Dr. Fergal Lynch referred to the transitional board at St. James's Hospital. Will he clarify whether meetings will be held within the hospital complex with residents and public representatives? Will the chief executive officer of the hospital have a role within the new national children's hospital or on the transition board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Chairman and whoever was before me for facilitating me. I will go straight to the questions. I thank the Minister, the Ministers of State and the officials for being here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I know I do. That is why I am going straight to the questions. I do not waffle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I want to follow up on the replies to the questions about the senior officials who have been appointed to the interim national paediatric hospital development board. Is there any chance we could get a list of who they are and what kind of expertise they have? Do they have any plans to meet local public representatives, including Deputies and councillors? The only briefing we have received...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I am not going to name them. A footnote mentioned that the assistance of the public representatives in question in the hospital's submission for the national paediatric and maternity hospital was much appreciated. The person who circulated the newsletter claims to have made the case for St. James's Hospital to decision makers, Ministers and the media. My understanding was that there was to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I will be finished in a minute. I understand there are 16 general ICU beds, four HDU beds and three new HDU beds in St. James's Hospital. In line with the hospital's complement, it should have another four ICU beds. If I have counted correctly, there would be 27 beds in total. How does our national hospital compare with hospitals in Northern Ireland and England when it comes to ICU and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I did not name him or her. I am making it very clear I think it is wrong that a person working in a high position in a hospital should put his or her name on a political leaflet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: It is very wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for making it clear this evening in his closing statement what these heads of Bill are about. The time is right for this Bill. We have seen it over the past three days. It has been a privilege to be here. I have been proud to be in the Chamber with Members, those on the committee and those who are not. I have been moved and touched by many statements that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I wish to raise two issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I am always brief. Dr. Craven referred to good faith. It may be a lay term and it may be old-fashioned, but I have relied on it for all my life, as have many ordinary people. It is in good faith that we trust daily - when we take a bus to work, when we cycle or when we put our names on lists for operations. I thank Dr. Fletcher for her answer. I raised my point because my understanding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I did not mean to say "ethics". I was looking for "expertise".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I find it very difficult to stand up and question people who are very intelligent and knowledgeable about the law. It is difficult for me as a layperson to take in all that is being said, and I mean that with greatest of respect to the witnesses. I had to undergo surgery a few months ago and I had to sign a consent form. I signed it in good faith believing that when I was wheeled down to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: This Bill is about conscience and the judgment we will make having listened to the evidence over the course of the committee's hearings. The witnesses are all experts in medical law. I ask them to answer with a "Yes" or "No" to be helpful to me and others outside the proceedings. Will the passing of the Bill result in widespread termination of pregnancies? Will the Bill legalise the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: My questions have been asked already. I want to make one or two remarks. I found the witnesses' comments interesting and sometimes disturbing. I came here to listen and to learn. That is my job at the hearings. There is nothing dark and cynical in this room. We have been at the hearings since Friday, which will continue until tomorrow, to listen to everybody's side of the story and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: This morning I looked at the logo for the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland - wisdom, learning and compassion - and those are what this Bill is about. We must have the wisdom to make the right decisions, the learning skills to listen to witnesses and above all, we must all have compassion. Unfortunately this is not about the lovely, beautiful 4,000 women who go to England every year. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the panel for their expertise, observations and suggested amendments. In practical terms one must consider the situation of where a woman goes if she finds herself pregnant. Where does one go, who does one contact and how does one make the initial contact? I put the question to the GPs. Senator van Turnhout asked one of the questions I wished to ask. Do general practitioners...