Results 3,341-3,360 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: It is an interruption.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for his response and commitment that this will not happen. I would love to believe that was the case. Section 38 of the Health Act 2004 states the executive "may enter into". The Minister of State is relying on the fact that the executive will not enter into an agreement, but there is nothing in the legislation that prevents the executive from doing so. I...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: These interruptions-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: The matter is in the public domain.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I have concerns about people in the HSE and the Department who are in these positions. I am entitled to make my point on that issue. My concern is that it is quite possible that it could happen. I know the Minister of State says they will not do it, but in other areas the likes of Marie Stopes will fund these organisations and will receive referrals from some of them. There are...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: That is current practice in Ireland. I am trying to avoid a situation where any of these private clinics will be allowed to do so. I hear what the Minister of State is saying, but I find it hard from the language used in the Bill which includes the words "by another person pursuant to an arrangement entered into" - it could be a private clinic - not to have a concern about this section. I...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: On a point of order, I did not impugn his name, nor would I do so. I said he had worked for the IFPA, which is true. I said the IFPA had associations with Marie Stopes, which is true. That is all I said. I did nothing else to impugn the man's name and I did not do so.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I move amendment No. 4: In page 7, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:"(iv) facilities for the intensive care of newborns,".This amendment concerns in-patient services provided under the direction of medical practitioners. I want to ensure that the services would include facilities for the intensive care of newborns. Senator Burke raised the viability of the foetus after...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for his response. My question is not so much about neonatal services, because that service is the minimum to be expected in hospitals where abortions are being performed. I am alarmed to think that five of the 24 hospitals do not have at least that minimum facility. I am looking for facilities for the intensive care of newborns. I will comment briefly on...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: You are doing it now.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: It is a question of intent.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I never accused the Senator of anything.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: There are two parts to amendment No. 16. The first of these relates to the reasonable opinion of medical practitioners. I refer here to opinions formed not just in good faith but also on reasonable grounds. I understand, from discussing the matter with legal people, that reasonable opinion on reasonable grounds could be interpreted separately and that including the term "on reasonable...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: The amendment is very specific about the ultrasound. I am giving the reason I tabled it and the reason it is specific. This person also mentioned that abortion is a reflection that we have not met the needs of women but many states, particularly in the United States, have brought in a requirement that once a woman has made this irrevocable decision, she must be made aware that she can never...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: Are you the Senator who knows about Jean McConville?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: On a point of order, can Senator Cullinane tell Members where is the body of Jean McConville?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: Not here.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I do not wish to interrupt the Minister of State, but can I have a reply to the terms "reasonable grounds" and "in good faith"? In other words, does it qualify "reasonable opinion"? Can the Minister of State deal with that point?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: No. Section 9 is not that risk
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: It would not be practicable.