Results 13,701-13,720 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013) James Reilly: I should say-----
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013) James Reilly: I will confine myself to the issue raised by the Deputies around the medical card scheme. I contend with Deputy Healy that it has not always been the case that they have been given by a doctor, and the discretionary medical card-----
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013) James Reilly: Let me finish.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013) James Reilly: The discretionary medical card emanates from discretion that was conferred on the CEOs of health boards. It was at the CEO's discretion, not a doctor's discretion. The cards were given out for all sorts of reasons. In some regions, anybody who had cancer would get a card. As we all know, in the past the word "cancer" struck terror into people's hearts and the prognosis was very poor, but...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013) James Reilly: I doubt that.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013) James Reilly: A new system is in place. I have no issue with Deputy Naughten's call for a clear and transparent description of how it operates, because this is only fair and proper. In the past, different criteria were used in different parts of the country. As a result, some people received medical cards who did not really need one but appreciated it, while other people could not get one even though...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013) James Reilly: I will let Ms Bairbre Nic Aongusa answer.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013) James Reilly: We will have to get back to the Deputy, because his question of fact requires quite a long answer and we do not have time.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013) James Reilly: Yes.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013) James Reilly: I will revert to the Deputy. I know some people have said we cannot give any dates, but I can say that the legislation will be ready very shortly. It may miss the deadline by a small number of weeks but it will be ready this year.
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
James Reilly: These amendments deal with cases in which a pregnancy results from rape or incest and are an attempt to legislate for lawful termination of pregnancy in such cases. I cannot accept them. The main purpose of the Bill is to restate the general prohibition on abortion in Ireland while regulating access to lawful termination of pregnancy in accordance with the X case judgment and the judgment...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
James Reilly: These amendments have the effect of making it the responsibility of the Medical Council to decide on the legal circumstances in which a medical procedure to terminate a pregnancy may take place. This is not acceptable. It is the duty of the Government to decide on lawful procedures in these circumstances. Ireland is under a legal obligation to implement the judgment of the European Court...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
James Reilly: While I can appreciate the concern of the Deputies, the amendments are unnecessary. Section 22 of the Bill makes it clear that it is an offence to intentionally destroy unborn human life. As I said previously, the provisions made in the Bill intend to ensure that in circumstances where the unborn may potentially be viable outside the womb, doctors must make all efforts to sustain its life...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
James Reilly: I reiterate what I have said. The Bill is very clear. It is unlawful to intentionally destroy unborn human life, but it is not unlawful to terminate a pregnancy where this is the only course of action open to the clinicians to avert the real and substantial risk to the life, as opposed to the health, of the woman. That is what the Supreme Court judgment states and I have made it quite...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
James Reilly: I move amendment No 15a:In page 6, line 27, to delete “the medical” and substitute “a medical”.This is a technical amendment.
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
James Reilly: I move amendment No. 17:In page 6, to delete lines 28 to 31.Amendments Nos. 17, 38, 51, 66 and 111 amend texts on the definition of “the reasonable opinion” referred to in sections 7 to 9, inclusive, and 13. The definition is intended to place a duty on certifying medical practitioners to preserve the life of the unborn as far as is practicable in a situation where a medical...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
James Reilly: It is very clear. Do we define "reasonable opinion" in section 2 which deals with interpretations, or do we instead define it in each section? There is absolutely no issue with this, other than the fact that many people are inclined to read the Bill section by section without reference to what is included at the front of the Bill and without reference to other sections. That may seem...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
James Reilly: It is a well accepted legal term.
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
James Reilly: It is a well accepted legal term and is well understood.
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
James Reilly: That is fine. The Deputy is neither a lawyer nor a doctor.