Results 46,381-46,400 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Senator. He is asking a question that I believe is a rhetorical measure, which is asking what if everything fails. We can ask that about anything. We can ask that about anything in our entire State: what if the courts fail; or the roads authority; or the HSE; or the doctors and nurses; or the police; or the Oireachtas. You can ask that about anything – any law or...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: However, everything is based on the information available. Decisions cannot be based on information that is not available. Any decisions that any State agency makes, any clinical decision that any doctor makes or any decision that any judge makes on any given day is based on the information available. There is nothing weak in saying it is based on the facts. That is essentially what that...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I ask the Chair for a steer. I would very much like to make a final contribution. If a vote is called, will we be able to reconvene after it for final comments? Is that in order?

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: That is outstanding.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Senator Seery Kearney for her heartfelt, sincere, thought-provoking and personal contribution. There will be panic around Ireland if one in three fathers are not, in fact, the genetic fathers of their children. I thank her for clarifying that this statistic relates to fathers for whom a test is required as part of court proceedings. Without that clarification, there could be...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: That is not a view to which I subscribe. All combinations of people, whether two women, two men, a man and a woman, one woman or one man, can be, and regularly are, fantastic parents. For all the reasons we have discussed, that is, of course, being legislated for in the Bill. We are setting out the pathway for single parents. One of the questions asked was what happens if the intending...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I will wrap up on this if the Leas-Chathaoirleach can give me a little bit of leniency of this. It is unlikely that the parents would not apply.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: It is unlikely but in the case that it does happen, depending on the circumstances, if the child is already with the intending parents and they for some reason did not make an application for the parental order, the current laws would apply in terms of guardianship or parentage due to a genetic link but the other partner would not get the parental order, which is, of course, the entire...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to say a few words. What I want to say is this: this legislation matters. It matters to the hundreds and possibly thousands of children who have been born through surrogacy and to their mums and dads, some of whom have never had full parental rights for their own children. I have met many of them. I received a beautiful video from two of them...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I refer to her extraordinarily brave representations. Her contributions to the debate were very personal. People can be left feeling vulnerable when they expose themselves in that way. I acknowledge the Senator's contributions. I also acknowledge Senators Catherine Ardagh and Fiona O’Loughlin, who have been pushing on this, and pushed very hard on IVF to get that through as well. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter for the Health Service Executive, the HSE has been asked to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: This is a matter for the Department of Taoiseach's and was answered in PQ 26411/24 on the 19th June.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.