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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The applicant in question arrived in the State on 2 January 2005 and applied for asylum on 6 January 2005. The child in question was born on 2 January 2005. The applicant submitted an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of being the parent of an Irish born child born prior to 1 January 2005, under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005....

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (1 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The visa application was refused at the visa office in Moscow on a number of grounds, details of which have been provided to the applicant. An appeal of the decision to refuse the visa application was subsequently submitted. The visa appeals officer upheld the original decision not to grant the visa. As each application is entitled to only one appeal, no further review can be facilitated. It...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation: Motion. (1 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The matter before this House today deals essentially with technical and procedural issues which are a necessary prerequisite for the establishment of a commission of investigation. Beneath this procedural veneer lies a tragic case to which I must refer at the outset. Most, if not all, Senators will be aware of the fact that two innocent women, Ms Sylvia Shiels, then aged 59 and Ms Mary...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation: Motion. (1 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: Yes.

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation: Motion. (1 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: He would not be excluded.

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation: Motion. (1 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: I thank the Members for their contributions to this relatively short debate and for their constructive and warm remarks on the proposal before the House. This case poses serious issues. As a number of the Senators said, we must learn from this. While listening to Senator Minihan I was reminded of a thought I had in yesterday's Dáil debate, which is that while such cases may be embarrassing...

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: Deputy Timmins's speech presenting this Bill unsubtly suggested I should accept it in the spirit of Santa Claus and that I would be hard-hearted to reject it, but the Bill is very badly drafted, badly thought through and would create more problems than it would solve. Section 2 provides that: Notwithstanding the rules of common law, a person other than a health care professional acting in the...

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: Do not try to be smart. The Deputy is arguing this law should apply in the State.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy is proposing the law should be changed.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: If a doctor is told that around the corner from a surgery a patient is lying in an unconscious condition after an accident and the doctor runs to help him, is that doctor acting for payment or reward?

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: I think not.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Bill proposes a law that if a doctor runs around the corner, finds someone unconscious and acts negligently in the treatment of that person, the doctor will not be liable unless he or she was grossly negligent.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: On other hand if a paid doctor on call or a medical professional arrives in an ambulance, they have a different duty.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy should stop interrupting and making noises.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: I will sit down if the Deputies want to shout.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have not circulated a script. If the Deputies want to hear the truth about the Bill, they can hear it.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: When I came into this House I thought this was a serious proposal. I now learn the proposers themselves do not even understand what they are proposing, which is a sad fact. Are we to have different duties of care for a doctor who runs down the street to help and a medical assistant in an ambulance?

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: That is an interesting point of view because it means one can sue the person in the ambulance but not the doctor summoned to an emergency in a street. One's own general practitioner can be sued after being called out. If I call a GP to my house for an injured family member, he will not be able to avail of this because he would expect a payment, but if somebody calls to a local GP surgery,...

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: This must be thought through because if two doctors arrive on a scene, one called out from the nearest surgery, the other called out because the patient is on his list, and both provide exactly the same service but are treated differently by the courts, the medical profession will be torn to tatters.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: If a paramedic in an ambulance renders a service to someone, he or she would be treated more harshly under the law than an accident and emergency doctor who sees someone fall over in the street. Is this the law we want? Deputy McManus, above all people in this House, should think about this. She is health spokesman for her party and knows well what a GP practice is like. Does she want a...