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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Regulations (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 1234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of each declaration made since 1986 under Regulation 3(1)(a) of the European Communities (Wildlife Act 1976) (Amendment) Regulations 1986, SI No. 254 of 1986, or its equivalent. [45675/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Animal Culls (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 1235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will withdraw the licence issued to Dublin Airport Authority which allows for hares to be shot dead on airport property and instead insist on a capture and relocate approach in view of growing concerns regarding the future of the Irish hare. [45713/18]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: It is clear as mud.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I will not because I am just catching up on the debate as I had to be elsewhere this morning. I was struck by a couple of things. Looking at the whole journey we made over the course of the eighth amendment committee hearings, one thing that was consistent throughout every session was the issue of criminalisation and the need to decriminalise. I listened carefully to the Minister's...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I fully accept the bona fides of the Minister when he says the Department has attempted to remove the chilling effect in balancing this legislation. It has not achieved that objective, however, and I do not agree that the committee's suggestions were adhered to. I accept the Minister's point about the legislation giving a protection to medical practitioners or providers who operate in good...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I am not being smart about it. I am quite sure many of the voters in my constituency are incredibly sophisticated but I can guarantee I did not meet one person who said he or she was voting for the heads of the Bill because it provides for a 14 year criminal sanction. It is just not true. All the evidence from the studies carried out suggests that even people who strongly object to...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: If the Minister says we will genuinely discuss the issue, is there a point in pressing the amendment now? I am open to pressing it but I am not a member of the committee.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I am trying to be helpful to see if we can get a better situation and in the knowledge that if we put the amendment to a vote, it will not change what is in the legislation. I hope we can have a genuine discussion on the issue before Report Stage and, on that basis, I will withdraw the amendment for now, reserving the right to resubmit it.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 34:In page 8, line 17, to delete “means physical or mental health” and substitute the following:“means a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. This is important and I hope it is something we could agree on. The definition we are including for "health" includes the...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: The term was socioeconomic well-being.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I am happy to leave it at that. We need to return to this matter, but I will not push the amendment to a vote. I stand over the points I made and echo those made by Deputy Smith. This is not just about socio-economic reasons and is not defined as such. It is a WHO definition and is proposed in the context of what we are supposed to be doing, namely, promoting and protecting women's...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: No. I will take on board the points made. I was particularly struck by Deputy O'Brien's comments.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: The Minister made some very good points and the discussion has been a helpful one. I see a very clear logic in the 28 days. I see what the Minister is trying to do to give effect to the wishes of the population that abortion would be provided in circumstances of fatal foetal abnormality but not in cases of disability. The problem and the basis of our argument here is not the 28 days, which...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: What grouping are we on now?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: We are now dealing with all of the amendments in that section.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: Someone else can lead on this grouping.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: Deputy Fitzpatrick is correct. The decision to have an abortion is a serious one, which people take seriously. Our amendment does not seek to replace the examination; it proposes to add another. Nobody says there should not be an examination but there are issues about what "examination" means. It gives a connotation of that physical issue. The views of the person at the heart of this,...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: It does not. Can we correct that?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: There was a large amount of discussion at the eighth amendment committee about risk and practically everybody from a medical background who attended told us that this is something best decided in a clinical setting and not defined in legislation. Deleting the phrase "of serious harm" is incredibly important to support medical practitioners' decision-making. This is a key amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (7 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to hold Tusla, collectively and named persons, to account for the serious deficiencies and problems highlighted in the disclosures tribunal report. [45830/18]