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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I do not want to be back here next Wednesday for a three hour debate on what the process should be. The whole point of today was to go through it and try to decide as much as possible or at least members should give an indication of what the process is going to be next week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: The problem is when one does not put it into stone, it tends to go off track.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: What is the process? What is the deadline for amendments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Will they have to be discussed next week prior to the meeting or will we leave it up to the clerk to decide what the process should be? How is it going to work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Are members allowed to put in additional options for module two. I know some people may have other views, but we wanted to put in the option of not having gestational timeframes in legislation. Could we put that down as a possible option?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Other people may have possible options they want to put in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes, I am.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: When will that be taken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Will it be taken prior to module two or will it be taken as module three? I am just wondering where it fits in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: A half an hour but not three hours.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is there agreement that we will conclude on Wednesday regardless of how long it is going to take?

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Can we have an indication when the Bill is coming back as it is not scheduled for the rest of the week?

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: When the amendment is passed, we then discuss the section.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I would have liked to have supported Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan's amendment which I think would have dealt with this matter. Bar one or two Ministers, when asked about equal pay for equal work, Deputies on all sides of the Chamber all said they were in favour of it. If we are in favour of it, let us do something about the matter. I do not know if the Minister will accept Deputy Dara...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I know that the amendments have been ruled out of order and that I cannot speak to them, but I want to state my dissatisfaction at the lack of consistency in the way the amendments have been ruled out of order. Amendment No. 11, for instance, in the name of Deputy Dara Calleary - I am not picking on the Deputy, but I want to highlight the inconsistency - which calls for a report to be...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have now stated there is inconsistency in the way the matter is dealt with.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (5 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected cost of public sector pay for the two years after the new deal expires in 2020. [51462/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Yield (5 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which revenue generated from the television licence fee is spent. [51423/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radio Broadcasting (5 Dec 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of community radio stations operating during 2017; and the names of these stations. [51424/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Ancillary Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly Report: Department of Health and the HSE (30 Nov 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have a couple of questions for Dr. Holohan, as the chief medical officer. This concerns patient safety, which is obviously his top concern. Would he agree that it is safer for people to access a medical procedure here, with the follow-up care and the support of their family and their friends available to them, than to travel to another jurisdiction to obtain that medical procedure?