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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. I will survey the Department and revert to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: All information in relation to Acts passed can be found on the Oireachtas website. A list of all Acts passed since March 2011, that the Department of Health was responsible for, is also provided for the Deputy in the following table. No. Date of Enactment Title 1 8 July 2011 Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 2 25 July 2011 Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2011 3 16...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The funding and grants available from my Department are as provided in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2018 (Vote 38 - Health) My Department administered a National Lottery Discretionary Fund up to and including 2016 from which once-off grants were paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. This fund no longer operates. The HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The commencement of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 requires the completion of a number of interrelated tasks in order to ensure the new legislative framework is coherent at all stages for individuals. I am responsible for the commencement of Parts 2 & 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, which contain provisions relating to the regulation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: My Department is currently engaging with the hospitals in relation to the legal framework required to protect the State's investment in the new hospital. In those circumstances, it is not appropriate for me to provide any detailed comment on the issues at hand. However, in broad terms, there are three substantive issues to be finalised: confirmation of the withdrawal of the Sisters of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018 was enacted on 24 July 2018. This Act was introduced to correct typographical and technical errors in the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, which will facilitate the subsequent commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Act. Parts 2 & 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 contain provisions relating to the...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I am continuing to engage with the IFPA and Dublin Well Woman to make sure those concerns do not come to pass. I very much want to see both organisations carry on their excellent work in counselling. We need more such excellent work from organisations like them rather than rogue agencies, which we are moving to regulate against. The aim of this Bill is to protect the woman's interest by...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I made my views known about a version of this amendment on Committee Stage, as did the Select Committee on Health when it voted in significant numbers to reject it. I am conscious that there are people watching this debate who will have been through tragic circumstances where they lost much loved babies, particularly in the cases of fatal foetal abnormality. I do not wish to use any emotive...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 58:In page 16, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Offence by body corporate26.(1) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance, or was attributable to any wilful neglect, of a person who was a director, manager, secretary orother officer of the body...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I am very happy to give that commitment to Deputy Bríd Smith. As I said to Deputy Catherine Murphy, institutions cannot have conscientious objection, and the law and the view of the Attorney General in this regard is very clear. One of the first tenets of lawmaking is that the expression of one thing is the exclusion of the other. There is absolutely no place in this law for...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 57:In page 16, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“Offences 25.(1) It shall be an offence for a person, by any means whatsoever, to intentionally end the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) It shall be an offence for a person to prescribe, administer, supply or procure any drug, substance, instrument,...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 52:In page 16, line 12, to delete “and midwives” and substitute “and midwives, or the midwife candidate division of the candidate register,”.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 53:In page 16, line 15, to delete “and midwives” and substitute “and midwives, or a division (other than the midwife candidate division) of the candidate register,”.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: We have had a very long debate on conscientious objection, and this is another issue relating to it. It was quite a good and useful debate. The points I made during that very long debate, to which we all contributed, I reiterate here. The Medical Council guidelines are very clear on what the duty to refer comprises. The law on conscientious objection is not changing even though the law on...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: Me too.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: We have.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I am not in a position to accept the amendment for two reasons. We have just had a very lengthy debate about conscientious objection and the obligation to ensure that a woman can access health services. Nobody can obstruct that. Conscientious objection is therefore an accepted part of medical practice and already exists in a number of areas, not just in the termination of pregnancy. I do...