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Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: Níl.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: The Acting Chairman has already declared the result.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I am unsure whether I understand fully the rationale for this amendment, even though I have listened carefully to Senator Rónán Mullen. In the first instance, I will give a general response and will then seek to consider precisely what he has said in support of his amendment. As was stated on Committee Stage, the Bill, as drafted, reflects the policy requirements to implement...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: May I have the protection of the Chair?

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: It is what is lawful that is protected and it must be clear in what one is doing. If one uses language such as "may be ended" or "may be lost" so that, for example, section 8, from the middle of the second line, would read, "it shall be lawful to carry out a medical procedure in respect of a pregnant woman in accordance with this section in the course of which, or as a result of which, an...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: It is not fair to introduce the officials into the matter. These decisions and proposals are made entirely politically by the Government, not by officials.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: Senator Mullen should accept it.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I repeat that my key objection to this amendment is that it would risk undermining the protection that it the section is intended to give. If one has a doubt - if there is a phrase that talks about protecting something that is lawful in circumstances where something "may" happen - one must have protection-----

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: Whether one agrees with it or not, if one is going to have protection, it must be protection where something actually happens. To start introducing language such as introducing protection for something that "may" happen-----

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: -----introduces a complete lack of clarity and, in my mind, doubt.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Asthma Programme (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I thank Senator Power for raising this issue. It is good to have support and as Minister of State with responsibility for primary care, the more support I have from all sides of the House in regard to resources and the expansion and enhancement of primary care, the better. I agree with and thank the Senator for her remarks in that regard. The national clinical programme for asthma, which...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Asthma Programme (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: We are moving that on as quickly as we possibly can.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Internet Pornography (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. We all accept that the web is one of the great innovations of our age. It has already brought huge benefits and has the potential to expand our knowledge in ways we could not have imagined only a few decades ago. Sadly, new innovations do not come with a guarantee against misuse. There are two distinct aspects of the Internet's evolution that...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Appointment of Ombudsman (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I thank Senator Bradford for raising this matter. As he and the House are aware, Ms Emily O'Reilly has offered her resignation from the Office of Ombudsman and Information Commissioner with effect from 29 September 2013. I would like to take this opportunity to join with Senator Bradford in congratulating her on her election by the European Parliament as European Ombudsman and to wish her...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Copyright Infringement (23 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. I assure her and the House that Ireland subscribes fully to the freedoms, opportunities and the access to information that the Internet provides. A broad and robust set of measures is in place to preserve these freedoms, including the profound protections given to freedom of speech in both the European Convention on Human Rights and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Alex White: Deputy Ó Caoláin asked several questions about medical cards, and I will ask Mr. O'Brien or Ms McGuinness to deal with the definitional issue that he raised. The system that we have in place for the allocation of medical cards is based on an assessment of means. It sounds very harsh sometimes to say somebody who has unexpectedly become ill that he or she is outside the limit and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Alex White: Perhaps it is out of date. I am not trying to make excuses but there could be a myriad of different reasons why something happens. The information of the HSE is that when people are contacted, if they engage, there is a very sensitive approach taken where people are given time if they respond with their details of income and so on. That should be the position but if somebody has an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I ask Ms McGuinness to deal with Deputy McLellan's question about medical cards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I ask the Chairman to send me a copy of that letter with the names redacted.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Alex White: I am pleased to have the opportunity to endorse SI 325 of 2012, European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012, as a comprehensive transposition of EU Directive 2010/53, which sets out a clear legal framework for quality and safety standards in respect of organs intended for transplantation in Ireland. The requirement for an EU directive...