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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: I thank Ms O'Shea for her presentation and the work she put in to this. Some of my questions have been asked. I will ask a question on one matter on which I will be interested in her perspective. She told us that, "The right to exercise conscientious objection by consultants has been attributed by senior managers at the HSE as a major reason why hospitals do not provide full services."...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: I want to be fair. I sometimes pick up a notion that there is a disproportionate view in the practice of this compared with the view of the public when they went to vote on it in the referendum. What are the implications of that? How do we change that? Ms O'Shea talked about bodies rolling out these things. It is as if they have been caught by surprise and realise they have to address...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: Is Dr. Conlon suggesting that if we came back in five years, the situation would have improved because of these processes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: There is no quick fix to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: Okay, so in that sense it is evolving and organic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: That is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: Is that the issue? It seems to have arisen possibly before the training has begun.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: Okay. Have we done any work - and I am sorry to cut across - on where the majority of our GPs come from, and the schools they come from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: Why is that? I read that. Why does Ms O'Shea think that is the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: What would be the difficulty in referring on to a hospital where one may not know the personnel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: What is an unreliable pathway of care?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: Okay, but if it was embedded in the system, the pathway-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

John Lahart: I thank Ms O'Shea for that. I would like to come back and focus on two particular aspects of her statement. The Act does not sufficiently address the balance between the right to conscientiously object, which is on the doctor's side, and the right to receive healthcare, which is on the woman's side. Ms O'Shea might develop that, and I will finish my last question, which really goes back to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 May 2023)

John Lahart: 422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider including houses built as part of multi-unit developments that are currently included in the defective apartments and duplexes redress scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24486/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

John Lahart: 495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider including qualified adult payment recipients in the Christmas bonus double payment and any such double payment in future budgets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24942/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (23 May 2023)

John Lahart: 641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the neurological rehabilitation team in CHO7 to be in place to deliver services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24916/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (23 May 2023)

John Lahart: 898. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason that the current governance model used in other CHO areas cannot be used in CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24917/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (23 May 2023)

John Lahart: 899. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a specialist service for Huntington's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24918/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 May 2023)

John Lahart: 264. To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline on the consultation process committed to in respect of drug cost reimbursement including the cost of drugs for rare diseases. [25387/23]