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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (7 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: The difficulty with that is we would need to give more than seven days' notice of the rescheduling of the meeting. Depending on the outcome of a vote on this proposal, we can put that proposal to the HSE.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (7 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Okay. I will proceed to a voice vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (7 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Deputy Burke is indicating. I am conscious the more people who speak, the more we are eating into the time available.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (7 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: We will put the question on whether the meeting should be postponed. If people disagree with the postponement, they can vote against the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (7 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: I apologise to the Health Service Executive staff who are in the waiting room.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Deputy Gino Kenny, who will be substituted for by Deputy Bríd Smith. I welcome to the meeting the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, who will brief the committee on the review of the scope and structure of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. I also welcome Ms Geraldine Luddy, principal officer at...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Before I bring in the committee members, will the Minister clarify for the committee members and people listening to proceedings at home, his understanding or interpretation of this three-year review of the Act? Will he outline when he expects to appoint the independent chair and when the review will be up and running?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Does the Minister know the timescale for appointing the individual?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: I just wanted to find out when the Minister thinks the chair will be in place. He has said it will go through a tendering process or whatever. Will it be the end of this month, January or February? When will it be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: I now call the first questioner, Deputy Durkan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Deputy Cullinane is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Sorry, Deputy Durkan has another four minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thought you were finishing up. It was very unlike you - finishing early.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: You have run out of time. I ask you to contribute again later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: I will allow the Minister five minutes. It would have been much more sensible if we had a copy of them and we could circulate them directly to the members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Is it possible to get a copy of them sent to us now so that we can circulate them to members? I will allow the Minister five minutes to outline them as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Is it possible the officials could send that on?