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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has examined the danger posed at a school (details supplied) in which a gas tank is located close to a fire hazard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45282/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the need for building repairs at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45283/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: I will ask a couple of questions first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: Yes. I thank the professor for being here. She is very welcome. I very much echo her welcome for the belated recognition that there should be no distinction between physical and mental health. I think it is very important, whatever decisions are made, that no distinction is made between the two of those. In terms of Professor O'Keane's role as a consultant psychiatrist and the impact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: Is there an indication of how long the delay is? In an acute situation, what is the typical period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: I thank Professor O'Keane. Her last comment answered what was going to be my next question. Professor O'Keane stated that we needed a solution to the real life problem of unwanted pregnancies and not a moral, ethical, metaphysical or philosophical discussion about abortion. Will she expand on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: Would it be fair to say that if legislation were provided to allow for terminations in the event of unlawful intercourse resulting in a pregnancy, each of the five instances Mr. O'Malley has listed would have to be addressed? Outside legal technicalities, many people might consider that the first three come under the generic term "rape". Is it the case that we would have to address all five?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: Is it fair to say that at the moment, in each of those circumstances, as they are criminal offences, the standard of proof is beyond reasonable doubt?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: If a woman had to prove a criminal offence through the courts beyond reasonable doubt, it would have no effectiveness, due to the delay it would take in getting to that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: To legislate for these instances, in order to be of any practical use, one would have to address the standard of proof. It would have to be something substantially lower.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: That is fine for the moment. I thank Mr. O'Malley.

Other Questions: Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to address the housing crisis in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45233/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed timeframe for development of a new school (details supplied) in County Wexford once the tender process is closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45523/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (26 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to use national capital investment to create a south eastern university drawing upon existing institute of technology campuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45524/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (26 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the upcoming national capital investment projects at institutes of technology will examine creating a south eastern university using Carlow, Wexford and Waterford campuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45556/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Mental Health Strategies (26 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which implementation of the national guidelines on promoting positive mental health and suicide prevention in post-primary schools will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45525/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (26 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time and part-time students from County Wexford that attend third level education; the number of full-time and part-time County Wexford undergraduate and postgraduate students at each university or institute of technology; the number of full-time and part-time County Wexford students studying for a postgraduate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (26 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 162. To ask the Minister for Health when home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be allocated, in view of their medical needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45449/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (26 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of general practitioners charging medical card holders excessive sums of money for blood tests and ear syringing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45450/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (26 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine the pay inequality that arises when public sector employees receive pay increases while employees section 39 organisations, such as an organisation (details supplied), remain on the same pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45555/17]