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- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: Deputy O'Brien was correct.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: I will use my contribution to follow from what Deputy O'Brien has said. To be helpful, Deputy Tóibín has admitted that there are errors in the amendment. Before I get to the substance of why the amendment is not necessary, I wish to point out that the amendment simply would not work because the Deputy has referred to the wrong sections. The Deputy has referred to section 10,...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: Would the Deputy like to withdraw the amendment?
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: It genuinely does not work.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: Hear, hear.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: Yes.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: Hear, hear.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: Yes.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: I thank Deputies for their contributions. I have heard many people reference crisis pregnancies and multiple pregnancies. I really hope those Deputies will support me and other Deputies when we bring forward legislation to address things like free contraception in 2019 and when other Deputies in Opposition parties are pushing for better sex education in our schools. I really hope this...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: I really hope that all Deputies-----
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: -----will support the introduction of free contraception, when we bring it before the House, with the same gusto with which they have tonight highlighted the issue and challenge of crisis pregnancy. Here is the way I have approached this Bill. I approached it by doing exactly what I told the people I was going to do. The draft legislation published in March outlined the information we...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: -----and doctors. The idea in amendment No. 43b that if a woman was not asked all these intrusive questions, a doctor would go to prison for up to five years-----
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: I can think of a much better use for our doctors than imprisoning them for not asking women-----
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: -----stigmatising and intrusive questions. I propose that we do not accept either of these amendments and that we go ahead and do what we said in the legislation.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: I do.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: Prison.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: Hear, hear.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: I will not take seven minutes as we discussed this issue a good deal on Committee Stage. I know that we are all motivated by the same idea of ensuring we will have adequate data in order that the legislation can work appropriately. Deputy Clare Daly asked why we would we take what was already in the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act and replicate it in this legislation. I have...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Funding (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: I should clarify from the outset that the North West Hospice in Sligo receives grant funding from the HSE under Section 39 of Health Act 2004 which forms part of its income. You will be aware that in February 2018, an agreement was reached at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) between my Department, the HSE and health sector Trade Unions in relation to a process aimed at resolving...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)
Simon Harris: The Department does not collect data in a manner which would allow the Deputy’s question to be answered in full. Published reports for the years in question are available on the Department’s website at: under publications. Presented in the following table are details from the Department's A7 expenditure for consultant reports commissioned by the Department from March 2011 to...