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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the witnesses for being here today. My first question is to Professor Arulkumaran. In regard to the British health system, all health care systems are dependent on their being able to recruit and retain medical staff, which has become a huge issue recently. We heard last week that Liverpool Women's Hospital has had to delay admissions of Irish women with a fatal foetal abnormality....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Dr. Boylan referred to legislators having to grasp the nettle in terms of legislating for reproductive health. In regard to the 99% versus the 1% in terms of Ireland and Malta, is there a model of best practice within the European Union that he believes Ireland should emulate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Which one would Dr. Boylan choose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Assuming there is a referendum passed, it is hoped in favour of a straightforward repeal, legislation would then be required. Is Dr. Boylan saying there is also a need for regulation, and following on from that medical ethics guidelines and so on, which would be the function of the various representative organisations? Regulation would be done by the Department of Health, I presume.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: At what point is medical ethics addressed? Does it follow on from the making of the regulations or is it done in tandem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: In regard to conscientious objection, are there hospitals here that have a governance arrangement that is determined by religious ethics such that they could not be able to operate within-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: What proportion of hospitals is involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: That is interesting. Senator Mullen and Deputy McGrath could have let us know of this beforehand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I am one of a handful of people in the room who got to vote on this in 1983. I voted not to amend the Constitution because it is not the place to legislate. That is what is being done. One is legislating in the Constitution if one includes something in the Constitution. That has coloured my opinion in respect of the view I have taken. Like Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, I tabled a motion for a...

National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Decisions we make today can have implications for how our history will be told into the future. How that will manifest itself is unpredictable. Many records are now held digitally and have been for the past 20 years or so. As the formats in which records are held sometimes become obsolete, we are faced with many additional challenges that we have to overcome. I will reiterate some of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda National Immigration Bureau (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if construction works have commenced for the new immigration facilities for the Garda National Immigration Bureau at Dublin airport; the estimated duration of the works; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44531/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to supply additional funding to the Garda air support unit; the Garda helicopters that An Garda Síochána currently has; the make, model and year of purchase of the fleet by aircraft; his plans to dispose of these assets and purchase a modern fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44533/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the same criteria including census data and crime statistics will influence the redistribution of resources to ensure strategic planning of force allocation in view of the fact that the census of population is to be included as a criterion for the allocation of resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The IDA has stated that ConnectIreland is in dispute with it and that it is a contractor. We have no way of knowing if this is good or bad value for money. I have a major concern about that. I would like to see more about this but I do not know where we could fit it in. It might be a case of having an hour-long engagement with the IDA. I am not sure whether it is appropriate to have an...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The difficulty is that the ETB that we probably most want to invite-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: -----is subject to an investigation, which I understand will not be completed until March.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Leaving the Kildare and Wicklow ETB aside, and so that we might have a decent sample of ETBs to invite, it would be useful to be steered by the Comptroller and Auditor General as to which ETBs there was most engagement with on their accounts or where the same profile of issues emerged.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The amalgamations saw new systems set up to reconcile what happened previously. It would be necessary for us to keep that consideration in the mix.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. If there are physical assets like land or buildings they will transfer to the Office of Public Works and the Department of Finance.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. In fact we have encountered the other side of the equation where a local authority sought one of the pieces of land to go and there is a mechanism to do so. None of this is very transparent. It is not just one Department that has an interest but several Departments.