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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee I would like to thank the witnesses from the national women - or persons - and infants' health programme, Ms Angela Dunne, Mr. Killian McGrane and Dr. Peter McKenna; from the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Dr. Peter Boylan; and from the INMO, Ms Mary Gorman, Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha and Ms Mary Leahy, for coming in. This committee is adjourned...

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: As a rural Deputy, my concern is how Project Ireland 2040 will improve the development of county towns and smaller centres of population, including our villages. This is a ten-year capital plan for bricks and mortar and a 20-year vision for national development in designing where people will live and work. I felt a little uneasy when I saw the media hype surrounding the launch of the two...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Appeals (22 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: 131. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on an appeal for ancillary State support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9031/18]

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Conor Pope's excellent article in The Irish Timeslast week stated the motor industry has let down the Irish consumer at almost every turn in recent years. First, it engaged in a reckless price war that left the balance sheet of too many companies in a ruinous state. Then, to make up for this shortcoming, it started hitting customers with massive price increases wildly out of line with...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: This morning the Oireachtas health committee published a report on orphan drugs, of which Respreeza is one drug. It is a summary of three meetings which we held on orphan drugs. Orphan drugs are different from other drugs, yet the process of looking at them is the same. They need to be treated differently. The quality process of comparing cost-benefit analysis needs to change....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: We will call the meeting to order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: We will now go into public session. We are meeting this morning with acknowledged experts in the area of human fertility as part of our ongoing pre-legislative scrutiny of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017. On behalf of the committee I welcome Dr. John Waterstone, president of the Irish Fertility Society, Professor Mary Wingfield, Merrion Fertility Clinic, and Dr. John Kennedy,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: There is mobile phone interference. Dr. Wingfield should turn off her phone; it interferes with the recording of proceedings. Deputy Kelleher is indicating he wants to contribute once we have heard the opening statements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Professor Wingfield. I ask Dr. Kennedy to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Kennedy. The first two members to contribute will be Deputy Billy Kelleher and Senator Colm Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: We might ask Dr. Wingfield to address some of the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Before I bring in some other contributors, will those present remove their phones from close to the microphones because there is interference with the recording of the meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I now invite Deputies Murphy O'Mahony, Durkan and Swanick to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Before I bring in Senator Swanick, I wish to put a number of questions to the witnesses. With regard to couples who are trying to conceive and have not been successful, what criteria do the witnesses use before they initiate the process of assisted human reproduction? What are the common types of assisted human reproduction in Ireland? Is it both parents contributing, or it is an egg and a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Is there any surrogacy in Ireland at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Dr. Kennedy might speak about the number of eggs that are created and transferred. He might also refer to the use of embryos for training and research purposes and the ethical dilemmas that this causes. He might also comment on the significance and importance of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. I call Senator Swanick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I call Dr. Wingfield.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Couples may present and say they have been trying to get pregnant and have a baby for the past two months, two years or five years. When would the referral for treatment be initiated as against dealing with the underlying causes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: What does the reference to training mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Does that present ethical dilemmas in terms of embryos created but not used? Is there an ethical issue?