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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network Expansion (12 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The transport system, especially around the commuter belt, is at breaking point. Anybody using the M3 or roads such as the M50 will know they are chock-a-block from 7 a.m. If an accident occurs on those roads, the whole system becomes snarled up. This is a massive difficulty for commuters. Over the past ten years, we have had one of the lowest levels of expenditure on infrastructure in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the capacity and constituency issues associated with Bus Éireann services in County Meath will be addressed [52213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for Ireland to increase its diplomatic efforts through the EU to ensure the peace deals in South Sudan hold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51697/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to support the humanitarian efforts in South Sudan that are addressing the root causes of the conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51698/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to fund and support the conflict resolution and peace building efforts at community level by an organisation (details supplied) in partnership with INGOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51699/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (11 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure that the safety issues raised by a person (details supplied) are being addressed. [51981/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (11 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 336. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on home support packages in County Meath in 2018; the projected expenditure for 2019; the number of persons this will benefit; the waiting list for those wishing to access home support packages in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51657/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (11 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages provided by local health office area; the number of persons on the waiting list by area; the length of time persons have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51658/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Obviously there have been a couple of debates around conscientious objection. I am surprised this has not been grouped with the other ones.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: However, the fact is that it is not, and I wish to make a couple of short points. Points were made about the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013. The Medical Council guidelines relating to that Act state that doctors must do their utmost to protect the mother and baby. We are told those guidelines will not change. They iterate a very strong pro-life view. The issue that has...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: These people are not making it up. They are not pretending that there is a serious difficulty here. To stand up on this issue in the environment of today's society is actually a really hard thing for people to do. To make the point that this is such a difficulty, to swim against the tide, is a very hard thing for people in their professions to do.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We hear another point as well. On one side of the debate we are told-----

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: This is hard to understand. We are told that there are oceans of doctors who are willing to deliver this service. However, we are then told that we have to force certain doctors to make arrangements for it. It is either one or the other. If there are adequate numbers who are happy to provide the service we do not actually need to go down this particular route. As I said earlier, the...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I will address the points made by Deputy Donnelly and Deputy Harty. I know they put questions out there.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The reason this is considered yellow pack conscientious objection is because the Bill states that there is nothing in the Act that will be construed as obliging any medical practitioner to carry out or participate in an abortion. That only means that there is nothing in the Act. It does not mean that there will be nothing anywhere else that will influence a person to carry an abortion, so...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Deputy Durkan is wrong.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Let us dispense with the Parliament.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I am saying it is more important.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is not the case.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a qualified right.