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

Jim Walsh: I did not ask if you referred-----

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

Jim Walsh: Capacity to consent is an issue. Could we get some idea if what this entails? My understanding is that where a major decision is being made by someone who has a mental illness, not to talk about being suicidal, it does not stand up in law and he or she would be discouraged from doing it. Abortion is an irrevocable decision which would be recommended. On a point made about the X case,...

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

Jim Walsh: I will preface my first question by saying that a reply to a freedom of information request from the UK Ministry for health recently identified that between 1992 and 2010, no Irish women availed of an abortion under that section which deals with saving the life of the mother. That abortion is not a treatment for suicide is the clear, unambiguous evidence we have been given at these hearings....

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

Jim Walsh: May I comment?

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

Jim Walsh: I will individualise my questions which may make for shorter answers. My first question is to Dr. Jacqueline Montwill. She states that suicidal feelings and thoughts can change and disappear - we got this evidence previously - so that one day a patient can feel suicidal and next day the patient is not suicidal. That raises certain issues regarding the validity of certification. How does...

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

Jim Walsh: He did say that. Dr. Bernie McCabe mentioned that, "It is not necessary for the medical practitioner to be of the view that loss of life is inevitable or immediate. This in my opinion is a very low bar". How does she think we can deal with that issue if the bar is very low? Is she saying that the Bill will lead to more liberal abortion in Ireland? Dr. Sam Coulter-Smith and some of the...

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

Jim Walsh: What is it about the Irish profession of psychiatrists that would make it different and can they give us an assurance that will not happen here?

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

Jim Walsh: As someone who responds to different pronunciations of the surname Walsh, I believe I am correct to say that I am directing my questions to Dr. Janice Walshe and Dr. Kevin Walsh. I believe we have good maternal health outcomes in this country which compare favourably with any international comparator. Would the delegations agree with that? My second question deals specifically with the...

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

Jim Walsh: I wish to ask one small point of clarification. Dr. Kevin Walsh stated current practice will not be changed by the legislation and then stated women go to England because they have heart conditions which cannot be treated here. Will Dr. Walsh clarify this? It cannot be both. Does Dr. Walsh have evidence as to why people go to England? Last time we heard evidence of people going for a...

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

Jim Walsh: Should the law reflect section 21.1 of the Medical Council's guidelines, which requires that due regard be had to clinical research in the area of psychiatry? On an issue that arose in the discussion with psychiatrists yesterday, a person who is not suffering from a mental disorder and cannot, therefore, be forced to undergo any treatment may well present herself for an abortion. If...

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

Jim Walsh: From a legal perspective, if the Oireachtas were to pass legislation providing clinicians with full legal clarity, excluding suicide - by which I mean not prescribing for suicide but leaving it as case law - is it possible the Supreme Court could deem it to be in line with Article 40.3.3° having regard to the up-to-date evidence from the psychiatric profession? Former Chief Justice...

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

Jim Walsh: I think-----

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

Jim Walsh: First, in regard to the children's referendum-----

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

Jim Walsh: This relates to the heads of the Bill if the Chairman would allow me finish without interrupting me. In the witnesses' opinion is the ability of the State to enforce an abortion against the will of the family covered in the heads of the Bill, and would that be an ethical process? Second, what limitations, if any, should be placed on a physician's choice of method or technique for abortions...

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

Jim Walsh: I will start by thanking the Chairman for accommodating me as a substitute member of the joint committee, for his engagement prior to the hearings with regard to people coming in and for his subsequent chairing of the joint committee, which was good. That said, the process was very rushed. While that was not the Chairman's fault, it was rushed both for members and for those presenting, as...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Jim Walsh: That is some commendation.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Jim Walsh: Sinn Féin has the-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Jim Walsh: I have refrained from commenting on the issue with the Minister for Justice and Equality until now as I felt the gravity of the incident depended on the source of the information. I am appalled that the Garda Commissioner passed on politically sensitive information. The politicisation of the Garda Commissioner's office raises serious questions for the Garda Commissioner as well as for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Jim Walsh: -----but about women having the choice to get an abortion.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Jim Walsh: Finally, can I just-----