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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: I wish to call the meeting to order. Members should turn off their mobile phones or switch them to flight mode. I propose to deal with housekeeping matters in private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: I now propose that we go into public session. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will now deal with scrutiny of EU legislative proposals, COM (2017) 72 and COM (2017) 119. I propose we agree that the proposals listed on schedule B, namely, COM (2017) 72 and COM (2017) 119 do not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed. The committee will suspend for a few moments to allow the next...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: In accordance with Standing Order 141(2), the purpose of this meeting is to scrutinise in detail the provisions of the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016, in the name of Deputy Howlin. The committee will now meet in this, the first of two sessions in the analysis of the Bill, with Deputy Howlin. Following the conclusion of this session, the committee will meet with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Howlin. We will now open discussion to the floor. Our first contributor is Deputy O'Reilly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: Is it possible to define specifically what a pregnancy counsellor is?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: Is the Minister suggesting that all counselling should be regulated and this should come under that umbrella rather than specifically pregnancy counselling?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: Excuse me. Deputy Howlin. The committee will be preparing a report on this issue. Is Deputy Howlin withdrawing the Bill or-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank Deputy Brendan Howlin, Mr. Neil Ward and Mr. Finbar O'Malley for coming to give evidence to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: We will now resume in public session. We will now meet officials from the Department of Health on the committee's detailed scrutiny of the Private Members' Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016, sponsored by Deputy Brendan Howlin. On behalf of the committee I welcome Ms Teresa Cody, Ms Deirdre Walsh, Ms Geraldine Luddy and Mr. Kieran Duffy to the meeting, where we will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Ms Cody for her opening statement and will now take questions from members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Ms Walsh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: With regard to giving counselling advice from a general practice point of view, we are advised to give non-directive counselling. We are supposed not to direct a patient in one direction or another. That must be done ethically and honestly. It is very difficult to regulate the activity of a profession, even a medical or nursing profession. It must be exceedingly more difficult to regulate...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: Of the 14 professions that are already regulated, does each one of those have a regulatory body?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: For instance, doctors have the Medical Council.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: So each profession has an equivalent body.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: Such a body would then have to be set up for counselling.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: I presume that setting up a regulatory body would be a very timely process to engage in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: When the Minister was before the committee this morning, he seemed to be willing to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: Sorry. The former Minister, Deputy Howlin. I called him "Minister" this morning as well. He was willing to concede that pregnancy counselling will most likely be brought in under the broader title.