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Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: They do not pay insurance premiums unless they are in private practice.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: Senator Barrett raised the important issue of medical negligence, and it is timely that this entire area should be reviewed because of the cost to the State and to consider what can be improved within the health service to reduce the level of mistakes made. The figures the Senator quoted are absolutely frightening, but the matter touched on during yesterday's debate, namely, the possibility...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I welcome Senator Naughton to the House. Speaking as someone who joined Cork City Council and the European Parliament half way through their terms, one can get double the amount of work done in that time. The Senator will find that her colleagues will provide as much help as possible. I look forward to giving her every possible assistance during her time in the Seanad. I welcome last...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: On a point of order, it is relevant because-----

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: People are listening to this debate. I have spoken to people who run medical clinics.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: It is a point of order, in that people are being traumatised by the kind of discussion that occurred last week.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: It was appalling.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: This legislation comes into play where the life of the mother is at risk. The amendment fails to recognise that medical procedures change, as was clearly evident from the description given last week, something which went on 25 years ago. Procedures have changed and moved on. There is a huge commitment among the medical profession to the life of the mother and the unborn but we are losing...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: They were not Irish medical doctors.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: They were not English doctors either.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: In fairness to people in the medical profession, if they feel that a difficulty will arise in their unit and they are not able to deal with it they will do everything possible to transfer the patient to an appropriate unit. There are many units around the country which will transfer to the Rotunda, Holles Street or the Coombe, depending where and why the specialty is required. In the...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: Is the Senator saying that doctors cannot be trusted?

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I did not interrupt anyone and I hate to see-----

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I am doing so because Senator Walsh is implying that everyone is interrupting him.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: On the point raised by Senator Fidelma Healy Eames, it should be noted that the Health Service Executive has strict guidelines on how to deal with a situation where a pregnant woman is in need of psychiatric care or where a baby is born to a woman in those circumstances. There are standard procedures in respect of court applications and so on. The legislation is not introducing anything new...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: Following on from what Senator Barrett said, as a former national chairman - the current title being president - of Young Fine Gael-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: -----I left the organisation with a degree of independence and there has not been a change in that respect since the day I left it. I am delighted that level of independence has remained. I wish to raise the report published by the ESRI, Growing Up in Ireland, in terms of the issue of child care. It is an interesting report that comprises a study of more than 11,000 infants. In terms of...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: It is important to understand - many of us keep emphasising this - that this Bill is about the protection of life of the mother and the child. Every effort is made by all of the medical people working in this area in Ireland to do that in all circumstances. Not every case is the same. Each case must be approached in a different way, and managed in a different way. I have spoken to a...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I did not interrupt the Senator.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I did not interrupt Senator Walsh. He has dominated about 70% of the speaking time in this debate, and I would appreciate it if he would not interrupt me. If he wants to come back and reply to me, he is more than welcome to do so. I am telling him as it is, and it is from Irish consultants. What also intrigues me during this debate is the quoting from American consultants. Why can people...