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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (9 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (9 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 559 to 561, inclusive, together. As this is a service matter the Deputy's questions have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: They did.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I appreciate Senator Crown's remarks. I genuinely believe that when Senators stand up to speak, they do so on behalf of the people, regardless of how they managed to get here. We all get to the Dáil or Seanad by different routes but, nevertheless, Members of the Oireachtas speak on behalf of the people. The voice of the people is the voice of God and that has always been my opinion....

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy does not understand.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: It is called legislating.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Does the 14 year old girl who was raped have no say?

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Was she not 14 and was she not raped?

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: This is about protecting women.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: We had a referendum on that.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I attended the hearings held in the Seanad Chamber and all of the debates on this legislation. One would be forgiven for believing this was a debate about some kind of legal concept that did not affect any individual but rather concerned the Supreme Court, the High Court, Europe and every lawyer and barrister in the country, that it had nothing to do with women, human life and how we live...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I hope it is on the way out. If one is a woman and pregnant, one cannot be suicidal. If a woman presents as being suicidal in these circumstances, there is not a psychiatrist in the country who can tell her that she has a possibility of dying by suicide because of that pregnancy. It is our job, as legislators, to ensure that in the rare case where someone is pregnant and feels suicidal as...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: When Deputies start to talk here about legal definitions and about whether the evidence was available at the time, they should remember that they are talking about a woman who is pregnant and that pregnancy could be a threat to her life. I have said to Deputy Clare Daly on another occasion that we should start to look seriously at the issue of fatal foetal abnormality and the threat to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Government policy is to support older people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible and to support access to quality long-term residential care where this is appropriate. The Health Service Executive has responsibility for the delivery of services such as mainstream home help, enhanced home care packages, meals-on-wheels and day or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 674 of 28 May 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.