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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts are ongoing within the European Union to address the issue of euroscepticism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53488/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure that Ireland's position as a member of the EU is not diminished in the Brexit-related discussions or EU generated review of taxation or other structural reviews with particular reference to phase 2 negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53489/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU continues to monitor and encourage the positive and democratic process in the western Balkans; the degree to which each country there that complies with the acquis communautaire in line with EU requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to identify with and support the needs of the undocumented Irish in the US; the extent to which ongoing negotiations continue to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53491/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the new steps that can be taken to address the refugee crisis in Syria and Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53493/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which ongoing efforts remain to encourage re-engagement in the peace process in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Promotion (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department continues to pursue market opportunities for Irish products globally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Promotion (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department has redoubled its efforts to establish new markets inside and outside the European Union for Irish products in order to compensate for the consequences of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53492/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I am not quite invisible. We should recognise the important issues involved in this debate and the evidence adduced during the hearings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Over the past ten years, both sides of the debate have called for a referendum. In accordance with those expressed wishes, it follows that we should go along with the recommendation to put before the people a question on which they can decide. I think we should proceed in that context.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Our power is not the ultimate power at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: This is an important distinction. From the evidence presented during the hearings and having regard to the rapidity with which a woman's health can deteriorate in a situation such as has been set out, what may well not be a serious risk at a particular time may be a progressive risk, with its progress rapid, so that by the time the risk is determined as being serious and action is taken - if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Madam Chairperson, Senator Mullen asked me to clarify a matter and I think that I should do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I did not make my remarks lightly. I made them having dealt with individual cases and not just sparsely but in recent times. All of the medical attention was available but it was not enough to help people determine when was the right time to intervene. It is critical, regardless of whatever intervention taken place, that recognition is given to the fact that both the mother and the baby...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The medical practitioners have experienced such situations and can confirm what I have said. In all of the cases that I have dealt with, of which there have been a few, the patient was the first person to indicate that she was unwell and that she did not have the confidence to continue. We must keep all of that in mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: With regard to the last vote, did the Chairman say at the end that someone was missing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: We need to acknowledge the widespread use of the medical pill that is now available for termination. It is already being used, and it is also used in the United Kingdom and many other countries. In tandem, we have to recognise that there are no legal or medical supervision requirements attached to the use of the product. To fail to address that issue could possibly leave the State liable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The other way-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I know but we need to answer. The other answer is that we ignore it altogether and pretend it is not happening, in which case criminalisation remains in place, leaving it open to somebody to take an action against somebody who is already availing of a particular route to deal with a situation such as rape. If it is intended that we should oppose that and restrict the ability of a woman who...