Results 1,201-1,220 of 3,336 for speaker:Kate O'Connell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: Has Mr. Dunne ever seen a case where the person had died by the time the package came through?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: What can I say to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: What I am hearing is that if the palliative services are involved things move faster. It appears the word "palliative" strikes a chord in the HSE. However, a person who is terminally ill and has a 12 week window does not necessarily tick the palliative box, such that families have to jump through a lot of hoops to get services. As stated, sometimes by the time all of this has been done the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: I was speaking about degenerative neurological disorders that progress rapidly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: I am not speaking about such people.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (18 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: 381. To ask the Minister for Health if the status of pharmaceutical assistants is changed, the person or body that will be responsible for paying redundancy to the persons who lose their jobs [52919/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: I also have a question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for their submissions and for all the information they have given. I hope we can take on some of their recommendations as they are experts in this field. It is easy for those of us who have children not to take into account people who get married in a same-sex relationship, or otherwise cannot have children. There is a certain amount of ignorance in this area but, as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: It could be argued that where information is available and guidelines have been laid down, the position will be clear to everybody at the outset. As people become more aware, the number who change their mind will surely decline.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: I was not saying we should make sure everybody is happy at the expense of the children.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: That is Ms O'Friel's interpretation. Children can often have very positive experiences and while I have seen the witnesses' submissions and am aware of where they are coming from, I believe, and I think the scientific community understands, that the longitudinal study is the only way we can get hard data on this. When Ms O'Friel talks about the effects of illegal surrogacy or ad...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: I am just saying we have to base our decisions as legislators on longitudinal studies and on the benefits of regulation. If there was no benefit to regulation, there would be no point in being here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: What I am presenting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: Yes, the Deputy speaks with real compassion and concern about the inability to have a child. She started off saying that. I do not know if she knows any people who have not known their genetic parents. Does she equally have compassion for adoptees who have searched for their genetic parents and have gone through complex processes to try to integrate those people into their identities and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: I am the questioner here today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: That is fine. That is Dr. Rose's opinion. We have invited her here to hear her testimony and I thank her for it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: To ensure nothing comes out of the committee that is not what I said, or what any of us said, I am not talking about making everybody happy. I never mentioned anything about making people happy. There was a suggestion that some of the recent referendums were based on providing happiness for adults. I fundamentally believe in children being reared in a loving environment, however that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: That is Ms O'Friel's opinion but it is not the evidence of the longitudinal study that has been presented to us by the professors in this area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: We have to be clear about what the evidence to the committee deals with.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)
Kate O'Connell: As Professor Madden explained, it is a longitudinal study. They will be 15, 16, 17 and 18 years old.