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Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: ----- which are amendments Nos. 4 and 9. They were specifically in relation to not commencing sections of the Bill until such a time as there is a date for a referendum on the maintaining the water infrastructure in public ownership. They were ruled out of order on the basis that they represented a cost to the Exchequer and on the basis that they were not pertinent to the Bill. However,...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I do not accept the reason but I cannot do anything about it.

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I support the Sinn Féin motion. I thank "Prime Time" because it was the essence of public service broadcasting. RTÉ is a public service broadcaster and its programme has allowed this agenda to move forward in a way that, perhaps, if it was only us politicians talking, might not have happened. Being on the national airwaves has been hugely helpful in this regard. As I said, my...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 704. To ask the Minister for Health when day services for a person (details supplied) with disabilities will be transferred from a previous provider based in Dublin 9, in which this person used to live with a now deceased parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46172/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he met recently with the credit union movement; the progress that has been made in progressing the proposal of the organisation to fund social housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46730/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme: Discussion (7 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I agree with the Chair. The kind of work that is done in this area and that is not necessarily seen is hugely important. One of the big difficulties in areas where DEIS schools operate relates to parents engaging with those schools. This is because many of them had bad experiences at school and they literally do not want to come in the door of the school. In that regard, our guests' role...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I too express regret that the amendments relating to holding a referendum on keeping the infrastructure in public ownership was not allowed. It would have given a sense of security that there is no intention to privatise. I do not believe there is an intention to privatise but there is a concern it could happen in the future. I, therefore, regret very much that we were not able to stitch...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: It was signed up to by yourselves, Barry.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is not true.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Which Fianna Fáil initiated.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: So would I.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: We stopped the selling of the Coillte harvesting rights.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have a question for Ms Hoctor. With regard to the Amanda Mellet and Siobhan Whelan cases, she said in her presentation that the Human Rights Committee's judgment detailed remedies which included reform of Irish abortion law and, if necessary, the Constitution. In her analysis of the judgment does she consider that it would entail changing the Constitution? In other words, within the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is useful for the committee to know. Clearly, it is a basic issue we must examine. Both delegates have answered about the floodgates being opened and so forth. I understand Dr. Sedgh's research is mainly on groups of countries and that it is hard to be specific about Ireland's case, but is there any other comparison in respect of women in one country who have easy access to abortion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Generally speaking, however, the issue of whether contraception is freely and easily available is obviously a very significant one. One of our previous sessions here indicated that because Irish women who travel to Britain for abortions do not get the follow-on counselling, they do not always get information on contraception either. Would that be the case in general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Medical Law Review: Dr. Ruth Fletcher, Queen Mary University London (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is unfortunate that, in the area of medical law, we do not have the opportunity to ask detailed forensic questions such as Senator Mullen was able to ask of Professor McCaffrey. I read his document on prenatal counselling but we have been deprived of the opportunity to ask questions of people who have a different view and it is extremely unfortunate, particularly in the context of what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Medical Law Review: Dr. Ruth Fletcher, Queen Mary University London (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Yes. Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health: Dr. Anthony McCarthy, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have one very practical question. Can Professor McCarthy treat those aged under 18 years who are pregnant? Is there a distinction between child and adolescent psychiatry in that situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health: Dr. Anthony McCarthy, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I was struck by the humanity of Professor McCarthy's presentation and the fact he clearly understands and listens to individual women. He said that over the past 21 years more than 500 women attended the clinic each year. That goes back quite a long way. Would societal changes and attitudes to abortion have affected how women can talk about it? Has it changed how they feel about asking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health: Dr. Anthony McCarthy, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street (8 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Has that improved the ability of women to deal with mental health situations?