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Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State.

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister for making the effort to be here this evening and for his contribution. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, Deputy Louise O'Reilly from Sinn Féin and my party colleague, Deputy John Brassil, for their contributions to this discussion. It is important to point out that when we bring forward legislation, we do so in the interests of the public...

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (19 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.

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

Billy Kelleher: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in the Cork city division as of 30 September 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [44209/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 203. To ask the Minister for Health when a re-evaluation will be carried out on the drug Kuvan for persons suffering with PKU under the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45137/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if myalgic encephalomyelitis forms part of the studies of student doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €37 million provided for home care packages and transitional care beds in budget 2018 that will be allocated to provide intensive home care packages for persons with dementia. [45147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated in 2017 for intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and the number of persons with dementia availing of these packages. [45148/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if the allocation of intensive home care packages for persons with dementia has been suspended due to a lack of funding; and if so, when additional funding for these intensive home care packages will be made available. [45149/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if a job description for carers delivering intensive home care packages for persons with dementia will be produced and made available to those availing of these packages and their families. [45150/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 214. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce paediatric interventional radiology prior to the establishment of the national children's hospital; if so, the location of same; if funding will be made available for same; the measures being taken to hire the required staff; the timeframe involved in commencing this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45162/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she is taking to ensure that a centre (details supplied) does not close; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45131/17]

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

Billy Kelleher: I thank Professor O'Keane for her presentation. We meet again; we soldiered during the debate in advance of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill in 2013. One could argue that life is never black and white; it is grey and messy. Human relationships are complex and all of that. The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act exists because of a very blunt instrument in the middle of...

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

Billy Kelleher: I will just continue on from that and we will leave it there because time is of the essence. It is clear from what Professor O'Keane said that the process under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act is very cumbersome and is certainly a deterrent to people, particularly as it involves two psychiatrists and an obstetrician, I think-----

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

Billy Kelleher: -----after referral by another clinician. I refer also to the fact that a woman has to go abroad for a termination. There is obviously a cohort of women in this country who have not the capability or financial means to organise travel. Among both the indigenous population and the migrant community, in particular, there is a strong emphasis on religious culture, and they have views on...

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

Billy Kelleher: "Mesmerised" is not an offensive word. The definition is, "capture the complete attention of someone, transfix".

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)

Billy Kelleher: Mr. O'Malley referred to one issue. Traditionally when a rape case is brought, there has to be a perpetrator. Allegations cannot just be made and then a case taken. There has to be a perpetrator for the conviction purposes.

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)

Billy Kelleher: Across the continuum to which he referred from a criminal conviction to a statement from a girl or a woman that she was raped, I assume Mr. O'Malley is not implying that a perpetrator would have to be named even with the lesser burden of proof or is he saying the perpetrator is named in other countries?

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)

Billy Kelleher: In most countries that have rape as a ground for abortion, is there a lesser burden of proof than a criminal requirement and is there not always a requirement to name a perpetrator?

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)

Billy Kelleher: Where a clinician meets the patient in the context of a rape, are there obligations on medical practitioners to interact with the criminal justice system if the patient has been raped? Is there absolute privilege in this context?