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Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (24 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 217. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concluding observations on Ireland on the decriminalisation of abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43755/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (24 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to implement the recommendation of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding access to safe abortion and post-abortion care services for those under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43756/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Youth Homelessness Strategy (24 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to end child homelessness, in view of the fact that there are more than 3,000 homeless children and one in three homeless persons is a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43758/17]

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce increased payments for children living in direct provision; the measures he is taking to address the vulnerable position of children in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44223/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the right to work for persons seeking asylum arising from the Supreme Court ruling (details supplied) will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make provision for family members over 18 years of age and those in a more extended family to be included in family reunification visas for persons who are here as part of the Irish refugee protection programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44222/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports for persons here as part of the Irish refugee protection programme; if he has had engagement with these refugees to improve the level of support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44221/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Security Strategy (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the European travel information and authorisation system is having a negative effect on civil liberties and on the ability of non-EU nationals to visit Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44220/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 154. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the assisted human reproduction Bill to be published and brought before either House of the Oireachtas for a Second Stage debate. [44328/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Maintenance (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the residents along the railway line near Ashtown (details supplied) will be given adequate notice of works being done at weekends and at night; and the level of community liaison that takes place in these circumstances. [44428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to make a State wide assessment of damage done to Traveller accommodation due to storm Ophelia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44514/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Can the witnesses be allowed to sit over there and the members of the committee sit down here? I ask because I think there has been some interaction between people sitting there and the witnesses. Such a seating arrangement would be better for the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I will begin with Professor Arulkumaran. Unfortunately, we are coming up to the fifth anniversary of Savita's death. There are still people who claim that her death had nothing to do with the law but rather with mismanagement in the particular hospital. I want to nail that one right now. In the recommendations made in Professor Arulkumaran's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: At the time Professor Arulkumaran recommended that the Oireachtas consider the law, including any necessary constitutional change. That was one of his recommendations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Is he very disappointed or surprised that it has taken five years since the death of Savita for the Oireachtas to act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Is Professor Arulkumaran surprised that it has taken five years for the Oireachtas to even discuss the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Professor Arulkumaran states in his presentation that we could formulate a list of conditions, but that it would never be able to cover all health conditions which may arise. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Professor Arulkumaran is probably aware that the Citizens' Assembly insisted on risk rather than substantial risk being considered. It was the citizens participating in the assembly who did not want the words "substantial" or "real" being included. Does he think that would be wise and that risk alone should be the basis of any health-based ground for abortion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: By "the women of Ireland" Professor Arulkumaran means the 4,800 women whom he says are leaving the country and the further 20% whom he says are taking medical abortion pills which they source online. We heard evidence on this matter last week which included a study which had been carried out. What is his opinion on legislation which does not cater for those women whose health is not at risk...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I would also like to ask Dr. Boylan a few questions. He has spoken about the genie being out of the bottle because pregnant women can access abortion pills on the Internet and also find out quite a lot about them. It is not like 1983. What percentage of abortions would be covered by the 12-week period recommended by the Citizens' Assembly?