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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: The clinical evidence that has been presented to the committee does not support that view. In most instances, women are satisfied it was the right decision for them. The committee has heard evidence of that from Professor-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: All present would agree that the lack of perinatal care and the problems in our maternity services are issues that come up quite a lot. However, the shortcomings Ms McDermott has highlighted exist in Ireland now in the context of the eighth amendment being part of the Constitution. The situation is bad now, when we do not provide for abortion in Ireland. Why does the witness think that if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I wish to clarify that I do not expect Ms McDermott to have the evidence. I know she is not medically or legally qualified, and that is not undermining her. However, we do have to take evidence into account. Ms McDermott said that abortion was a violent procedure, that it was a harrowing experience for the baby and that if people knew what it was they would not choose that option. We must...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank everybody for their attendance. I apologise as these are challenging times for the Department of Justice and Equality so I will have to pop out but I will come back in. I mean no disrespect to the witnesses. I will follow the proceedings in the Official Report if I am not able to remain for all the responses. I found all of the presentations incredibly useful. I acknowledge the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: That is fine, it is no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank Professor Lewis for travelling to Ireland for this meeting. That we have such high-level presentations from all of our guests today is a reflection of the seriousness with which the joint committee views this issue. The level at which we are discussing it is reflective of the desire of members to address the matter as one of the key equality agenda issues for our term of office. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: That is incredibly helpful. It is a view that I share. I do not think the evidence should give us anything to fear from bringing in such legislation, but we hope to learn from the best. If we were to legislate for assisted dying here, another question would arise. How do other jurisdictions deal with clinicians who might feel uncomfortable with assisted dying, or who might not be able to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: That is incredibly helpful to us in designing the type of legislation that might work here. It is really useful. I thank Professor Lewis very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I was not talking about that. I was talking about what would come out of this committee.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Arms Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date for the publication of the annual report on export licensing activity undertaken under the Control of Exports Act 2008 for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016; and if publication will occur before the end of 2017. [49608/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Arms Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the increase in the value of licences for arms exports from Ireland, issued by her Department, from €23 million to €132 million between the last six months of 2016 and the first six months of 2017; her further views on the fact that this is the first time since six monthly reports began to be published that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 16 November 2017, if Ireland is in breach of the 2014 Arms Trade Treaty by continuing to permit the export of arms to Saudi Arabia in view of the fact that he has acknowledged that Saudi Arabia is committing gross violations of human rights in Yemen. [49753/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority Administration (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the Policing Authority has the necessary staffing resources and expertise in place to fully carry out its role, in view of the fact that the authority spent €139,920 on an outside agency to conduct a report (details supplied) regarding mandatory intoxicant testing and the incorrect issuing of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a system exists whereby a personal and dedicated advocate for the welfare and needs of a ward of court whose committee is the general solicitor may be appointed in view of the fact that such wards are intensely vulnerable and their needs and welfare may not be adequately provided for in the absence of a dedicated advocate;...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Remit (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the flooding of Binn Bridge by Waterways Ireland in order to prevent homeless persons from taking shelter under same; if she is satisfied that this is a humane and appropriate action by Waterways Ireland in view of the homelessness crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49674/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank the Chair and I thank the witnesses for coming in. They have given us a very different view. The woman centred approach in the Netherlands is striking but at the same time, there are some things that seem a little bit contradictory. There has been a consistent attempt at this committee, and we saw evidence of it again today, to use disabled people or people with disabilities in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I think the statistics show that 3.3% of the abortions take place after a scan. Scanning is used-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: It is just a figure that illustrates that in 2015, of all of the abortions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: Of all of them, only 3.3% of them were after a scan. In other words, the impact-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: -----it was after the 20 week scan.