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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Who has been missing most consistently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The question I asked was who is most likely to be missing from the meetings and interactions that have taken place over the past few months. Who was most often the absent partner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Everybody takes holidays some time in August, expect perhaps me. The point is it is important for us to know if any particular group is foot-dragging, for want of a better description.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The witnesses are getting it right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I want to emphasise the question. We should make no mistake that there are many things we need to get right in the health services in general. It is no reflection on anybody in the room but if we do not get something right soon, our credibility as a nation among the family of nations will be seriously at risk. We all need to put our shoulders to the wheel, whether we are administrators,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: That is not true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: For the benefit of the Deputy-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am correcting the record as well Mr. Chairman. I want to set the record straight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It is quite clear that there are precedents set in other countries and they are still working and seem to be working well. They are there for a reason. We had a discussion, at length, in the committee and we arrived at decisions and voted on them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry. If the Deputy would please stop interrupting I might finish what I have to say.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I did not raise this question. This question was raised with me and I was corrected. I am now correcting the corrector, if that is possible. I want to proceed without interruption. Chairman, I waited until the very end because I had to leave the room, and I did not object to anybody else going ahead of me, including Members who are not members of the committee. I rest my case. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Members should be kept up to date on the progress being made by all the agencies involved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Will the Chairman take one last question, which arises from the discussion, or would that upset him? General practitioners advise; they do not force anyone in one direction or another. It goes a little beyond this, however. There may be a pre-existing condition which would require advice and a clinical decision as to what route a woman should go. I refer to a number of conditions one...

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I suggest we pause to allow her to attend.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: As the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has arrived, I note that the usual procedures apply. The movers of the motion have 15 minutes, the Government has 15 minutes and, thereafter, we will take other speakers. If Deputy Tóibín wishes, he can start again.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: There are six ten-minute slots remaining and that should ensure everyone will have enough time to contribute. I call Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan. Does the Deputy wish to take ten minutes?

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Agreed.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: We will continue.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It is of course.