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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: Senator Rónán Mullen is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: Excuse me, Senator, I am chairing the meeting and I would like to give the delegates the opportunity-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: Certainly, but I think the delegates wished to answer the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Senator is supposed to be asking questions to get answers. With respect-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Senator may make a final point of clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Senator will have to allow the delegates to respond. We have nearly reached nine minutes and need to be fair to everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I have afforded the Senator leeway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I do not wish to get into a debate on that issue in the presence of the delegates. We are trying to make the best use of our time. I ask the delegates from the WHO to respond as briefly as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I would like us to use our time as well as we can and ask Deputy Clare Daly to pose questions to the delegates. We will note her comments and return to the matter at another time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: Deputy Daly is over time so I ask the witnesses to be very brief in their response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I call Deputy Naughton. She has six minutes. I am very keen for people to keep to their allotted time because we have other witnesses coming in at 4 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank Deputy Naughton and call Senator Gavan. He has six minutes in total.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: That is good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: If Dr. Aiken wishes to respond, she is welcome to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: That concludes our questions. I thank the delegates for their attendance. They have given us excellent information and I thank them for responding to all of the questions asked by members. We really appreciate the effort they have made in travelling to this country to be here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the viewers who may be watching on the Oireachtas television channel. I want to make a brief request before I introduce the two delegates who are in attendance for this part of the meeting. The technicians have asked me to remind members to ensure their mobile phones do not go off. Apparently, there has been some interference and, according to RTE, much of the footage is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank Professor Malone. I invite Dr. Mahony to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank Dr. Mahony for her presentation. I will now move on to questions. Our first questioner is Deputy Catherine Murphy and she has eight minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Deputy can ask one further brief question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the doctors. Deputy Durkan has approximately five minutes left from his previous time.