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Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: Amendment No. 38 is in the name of Deputy Catherine Murphy. The Deputy is not present to move the amendment.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: In that case, the Deputy is withdrawing her amendment.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: It is now 6.45 p.m. We have three options. We can keep going, we can take a break and reconvene later this evening or we can adjourn until tomorrow morning.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: We will take a break and come back at 7.05 p.m.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: We are now at amendment No. 42.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: There is a suggestion from the Minister that we take amendment No. 42, relating to medical practitioners, then proceed to related matters, which are amendments Nos. 43, 44, 54, 59, 60 and 67.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: We are dealing with amendment No. 42 on its own in the first instance.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: Amendments Nos. 43, 44, 54, 59, 60 and 67 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: I am going to bring in Deputy O'Connell.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: In the interests of clarification, consultation with usually includes an examination. It is part of the consultation process. They are not mutually exclusive, they are quite inclusive.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: We are not discussing amendment No. 46.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: Coming back to amendment No. 43, we have strayed a little from the brief so there is a bit of confusion. Amendment No. 43 suggests substituting "having examined the pregnant woman" and putting in "following a medical consultation with the pregnant woman". That is amendment No. 43 from Deputy O'Connell.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: Amendment No. 44 has already been discussed with No. 43. That is in the name of Deputies Wallace, Clare Daly, Joan Collins, Donnelly and O'Reilly to move.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: Amendment No. 45 cannot be moved because Deputy Catherine Murphy is not here.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: We are straying a little from our brief. To clarify, we are discussing amendment No. 46, but because amendments Nos. 47, 52, 53, and 63 are related we are discussing them as well.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: Could we then put the amendment?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Coppinger. We are now going to put amendment No. 46.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: We will try to get to the end of section 10 before we finish.