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Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 367. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the health service spent on end of life and palliative care in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53827/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the health service spent on care for children with life-limiting conditions in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53828/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Data (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing and staffing one air ambulance to run 24-7, 365 days a year. [53829/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: My questions are directed at individual witnesses, but any witness is free to respond if he or she wishes. Professor Madden referred to the surrogacy frameworks in other jurisdictions, and I note that she is critical of the British system and our apparent eagerness to adopt it. I have said before that if something is being done wrong across the water we immediately want to copy it. Are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I just wanted to check that. Professor Madden also referenced the avoidance of potential exploitation, which we must all be concerned about. It is a very serious issue, which I raised when this Bill was considered first. How can this be achieved? Will it take a legal agreement? Can it be achieved? Is it optimal to build it into the legislation, or would it be preferable to produce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: In terms of the two frameworks mentioned, is it the case that the transfer of parentage takes place before birth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I would have concerns that a judicial process would be overly burdensome financially. Access to the law is expensive, and if we are to take this approach it will involve a very time-limited process. I am only teasing this out, but it might be better if the transfer of parentage took place before conception. There would not be a ticking clock or time pressure if that was the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: They are not complete.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Legal certainty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is a very important point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes. They are travelling for legal certainty, not for exploitation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I was referring to Ms Keegan's belief in her submission that the majority of them take place abroad. That is her experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I was asking if Dr. Rose was the same person who conducted the study in the submission from the Iona Institute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am no longer a trade union representative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is very interesting. It was indicated that such research was not available, but it is good to know that it is. We will have to look at it if the delegates can provide it. We have referred to children who were donor-conceived and have reached adulthood. I am not talking about interviewing parents and asking how their adult children are; rather. it is about interviewing the children.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Is it ongoing work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes and I will then take questions from Senator Warfield and Deputy O'Connell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The broader question relates to counselling. We have been through a process to consider the regulation of people using the title "counsellor", specifically in the case of agencies setting themselves up, where the need for regulation was clear. The Senator is asking about whether the option should be available in the context of assisted human reproduction and, if so, whether it should be for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The purpose of the hearing this morning is to examine all available evidence and, while the conversations are wonderful, Deputy O'Connell was making the point that the longitudinal studies are really the only available evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not think it has been established that the harm exists, with the greatest of respect.