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Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On Report Stage. I accept that.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I agree to its recommittal.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, we are not at that stage yet.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are on Committee Stage. The Minister of State is wrong, namely, that the midwifery committee, which is to be established from Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais, cannot have binding decision-making over all matters other than fitness to practice where its role and engagement with the board are concerned. There is a need to accept that, in the passage of the Health and Social Care...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I remember when this Bill was first mooted. My recall is that it did not include any reference to midwifery but dealt only with nursing. The Nurses and Midwives Bill was a later development. Going back to the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, I always viewed - and still view - midwifery as a stand-alone profession deserving full recognition. This Bill has been awaited for a...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not. I challenge that decision. It is normal for the Chair to indicate a belief the amendment has been carried rather than to declare it carried. I disagree with the Chair's belief and wish to call a vote.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We were in committee dealing with amendment No. 7. To give some comfort, I do not intend to call a division but is it not the case that we are now back on Report Stage and amendments from Committee Stage must be presented again on Report Stage? I wish to check procedure and it is my understanding that is correct.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On Committee Stage?

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does that eliminate the need for it to be presented again on Report Stage?

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My point is not being understood. I will not labour this but we have just recommitted amendment No. 7 to Committee Stage. We have dealt with it and it has been passed. I presume we are now back on Report Stage. Would amendment No. 7, passed on Committee Stage, now be presented again on Report Stage?

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I just wanted to establish the factual position.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can I speak to this?

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It has been discussed when, may I ask?

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would have indicated that I would have withdrawn amendment No. 11 and accepted amendment No. 10. Amendment agreed to.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is agreed but I ask that the extended numbers be considered.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I accept that ruling but there were two elements to amendment No. 14 and by looking back now, I think I should have broken it up. In amendment No. 14, I sought four midwives to be provided for in that subsection. I then continued "including one who shall be a self-employed community midwife". That latter point is lost on the basis of the numbers at the outset of my amendment. I do not wish...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Where it provides for "at least one nurse and one midwife", I presume the at least applies to both at least one nurse and at least one midwife on each of the preliminary proceedings committee and the fitness to practise committee. With that clarification of the wording of the amendment, I am happy to support it.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 20: In page 31, line 30, to delete "or the Fitness to Practise Committee" and substitute the following: ", the Fitness to Practise Committee or the Midwives Committee". Both of these amendments were ruled out of order on the basis that they did not arise out of committee proceedings and I am now asking the support of the House and the Ceann Comhairle to briefly allow...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Bill states that: "The acts of a committee ... shall be subject to confirmation by the Board." There are two exceptions in this regard, namely the preliminary proceedings committee and the fitness to practise committee. I am of the view that the midwifery committee should also be an exception in this regard. I do not know whether she intended to frame matters as she did but the...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will be pressing both amendments to a voice vote. I will not repeat what we have just been through in respect of amendment No. 7 because there is no purpose in doing so.