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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)

Billy Kelleher: I will pose questions rather than expressing opinions. In the context of an interruption to a pregnancy, a termination or an abortion - whichever terminology one wants to use - is there, or will there be, an obligation under this legislation, coupled with Article 40.3.3o of the Constitution, to vindicate the life of the unborn at whatever stage? In other words, if there is an interruption...

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

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Chairman and welcome the witnesses. We have a very short period of time so I will try to be brief. I have questions rather than opinions, and would welcome hearing opinions on my questions. In terms of GPs having conscientious objections, should there be an obligation on a GP, when a patient arrives at a surgery and has reason to believe there is a substantial risk to her life...

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

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the three witnesses. There there are varying views in their three presentations. Large parts of legislation are quite agreeable to the vast majority of professionals and the broader public but the issue of self-destruction is something that divides Irish society. I wanted to get the varying views of our three witnesses on this. First and foremost, if there was no constitutional...

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

Billy Kelleher: We are talking about smaller maternity units, but I presume a lot of the complicated pregnancies would be referred to the larger hospitals. Was there ever a time when a woman had to be referred to England for a termination because the professionals were unsure, because of a lack of clarity in the law, about continuing treatment or intervening to save her life where there was not an immediate...

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

Billy Kelleher: Have the witnesses ever encountered a case, either through peer discussions or in their own facilities, where they felt they had to refer a woman to England because they were unsure within the current parameters of the law, in order to provide treatment when she returned? In other words, she would not be able to get the treatment until such time as a decision had been made on that. Perhaps...

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

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses. On head 4, how do the witnesses see the role of the panel in terms of a woman's crisis pregnancy? She may or may not visit her GP or may present at an accident and emergency unit. Her first port of contact, probably, will be through a psychiatrist if she is to go forward for assessment under the panel process. There would be a psychiatrist who would assess the...

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

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses and their contributions. We are trying to confine ourselves to the legislation before us in terms of the heads and what we will have to adjudicate on later. Dr. O'Grady said abortion should not be confined to the locations prescribed in the legislation and should be available elsewhere too. I want to get some clarity on that. While we are talking about the...

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

Billy Kelleher: I suppose we will speak on head 4 initially. At the outset, may I say that we are not ignoring the issue of abortion. The fact is that more than 4,000 Irish girls and women go abroad every year to Britain for whatever reason, and there are a variety of reasons. In that context, can I ask the witnesses, in their professional opinion, are they saying that there has ever been a case in which...

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

Billy Kelleher: My first question is for Mr. Saunders.

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

Billy Kelleher: My train of thought has been disrupted.

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

Billy Kelleher: It is not the Deputy's fault - it is the hunger.

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

Billy Kelleher: I ask about the Mental Health Commission's view on an examination-----

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

Billy Kelleher: Perfect.

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

Billy Kelleher: My first question is for Mr. Saunders of the Mental Health Commission. Mr. Saunders stated in his presentation that the commission is of the view that the reasonable opinion of the medical practitioner should (a) be required in writing, (b) follow an examination of the woman concerned and that (c) the reasons for the opinion should be provided. He then went on to define an examination....

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

Billy Kelleher: I did not use the word "refer".

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the progress made to date in the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if the special liquidator has given an initial indication of the cost to the State of the liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23921/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Numbers (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 433. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons formerly employed in the construction trade categories who are in receipt of unemployment benefit; the breakdown of these people by category; the number currently looking for work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24217/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 434. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the domiciliary care allowance was removed from a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24225/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cost (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 613. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the three most popular health insurance policies in March 2011 and March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23731/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the development of the National Children's Hospital since the selection of the site at St. James last autumn; the timelines for the next steps in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23735/13]