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

Colm Burke: I did not interrupt anyone else. I have spoken very rarely in this debate. I am fed up with people interrupting me when I am trying to make a point. Senator Healy Eames has spoken for a large amount of time in this debate and I have not interrupted her. I wish to finish the point I am making, and if she wants to come back, she can do so.

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

Colm Burke: We had consultants in here during the public debate who gave up their time freely to assist us in the drafting of this Bill. They gave their point of view. I am concerned that we are now extensively quoting from the UK and from America. The last quote from Senator Walsh went back to 1984. We have moved on in respect of medical practice and procedure in 30 years. We have a committed...

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

Colm Burke: On a point of order.

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

Colm Burke: The Senator has alleged that we are interfering with the rights of the child as protected in the Constitution.

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

Colm Burke: We are not.

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

Colm Burke: That is exactly what has happened.

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

Colm Burke: That is exactly what has happened.

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

Colm Burke: Please stop misquoting me.

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

Colm Burke: Put it on the record.

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

Colm Burke: The amendments suggest that we should delete section 9. It is important that we go back to why the Bill is going through. It is the result of the interpretation by the Supreme Court of Article 40.3.3°. Mr. Justice McCarthy stated 20 years ago: I think it reasonable, however, to hold that the people when enacting the amendment [the 1983 amendment] were entitled to believe that...

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

Colm Burke: It is important, therefore, that we move forward with this legislation and that the amendments are not accepted because section 9 is an important part of the Bill. We have done everything possible to take on board everyone's views in dealing with this legislation. In particular, we had three days of committee hearings in January and again in May. The committee took on board the opinions of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I welcome Ms Gibbons and I wish her every success in her new role. It is a major challenge. One thing I find is that there are people who are self-employed and who employ several people who complain about some things to do with the Government. Then, when I ask them how their management situation is, it emerges that they are having difficulty. They might have a staff of fewer than ten...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I support Senator Norris with regard to the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2013. As the Cathaoirleach is aware, we debated the matter to which the latter relates when I introduced that legislation in December of 2012. While a welcome was given earlier in respect of Bills drafted by Senators on the opposite side of the House, I request that consideration also be given to legislation...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I published two Bills, one of which is the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2012. Senator Norris and his colleagues published similar legislation - the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2013 - and I welcome that. I feel strongly about this issue because at present there is no law under which medical practitioners are required to have insurance. As a result, people who do not...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I am outlining my view that Bills produced by Members of this House should be given serious consideration by the Government. In view of the fact that we have taken on board Bills drafted by those on the opposite side, I ask the Leader to afford the same treatment to those produced by Senators on this side.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: The Senator's party did nothing for ten years on this issue.

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cúirt Achomhairc) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House. I welcome this proposal to amend the Constitution and to set up a court of appeal. In regard to the court system, as far back as 1994 I recall we had a problem in Cork where there were over 6,000 cases on the personal injury waiting list for a hearing in the High Court. I remember being on a "Morning Ireland" show with the Minister at the time, Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Tony O'Brien and the Minister for their presentations. I also thank the Minister and Ministers of State for enduring four days of misinformation in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I am slowly recovering from those four days of hearings. I thank the HSE for furnishing replies to the questions that I tabled. I wish to return to the junior doctor issue. My question No. 9 referred to the agency costs for 2012 and the first five months of 2013. My calculations indicate, including the first five months of 2013, that we will pay well in excess of what we paid last year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: Chairman-----