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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is hard to overstate the anger among people about the increases in fuel today. We are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, a situation where people are in poverty, and where people are in arrears with bills. We are also in a situation where the Government has never taken in as much fuel tax in the history of the State, yet Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party are hiking...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to know why the Green Party, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are fleecing families at this time of need.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The working poor.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: A harsh one.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 48. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a differential in cancer survival rates between patients diagnosed in the public and private health services in the State; and if so, if he will provide details on the differential. [25791/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 49. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who left the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, without being seen, in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25790/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces available on the third-level access course in each of the past five years and in the next academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25798/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has undertaken a study to determine if there is any disparity in rates of youth emigration across different graduate groups based on their area of study or qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25799/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a study to determine, or if he has access to any data pertaining to, the number of homeless people in the country who are pregnant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26836/23]

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Taoiseach's trip to Washington this year was defined by a number of gaffes. I was particularly alarmed by the statement he made on the topic of human trafficking, when he said, "It's not a particular issue for us in Ireland because our seas are so vast that people can't get there on small boats". I had to read this twice when I saw it reported from Washington. It may have come as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, agus gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as ucht teacht isteach inniu.. I have spoken to many people who voted on both sides of the referendum with regard to this particular review. The issue which raised the most eyebrows is around the three-day wait period. What people find hard to understand is how such a concrete recommendation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Is that not a major absence from this? In the evidence which we have heard today, many people have been spoken to with regard to this key element of her proposal, and the group of is maybe up to 2,000 or 3,000 women, given the figures which we know. Yet nobody has spoken to them and asked them if that three-day period was beneficial in being able to weigh up this enormous decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a decision which was come to, without asking, speaking to, consulting with, investigating or researching at all any women who actually took the three-day wait period as an opportunity to change their minds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I have only got five minutes, and there are two minutes left. The other issue which I want to talk about is adverse incidents. Baby Christopher was born in the National Maternity Hospital. He was a fully healthy baby born aborted under the foetal fatal abnormality element of the Bill. Did Ms O'Shea speak to his mother?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Did she speak to any of three women who had-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay. One of the aspects of this particular review is there seems to be a clash over access and the qualification of the medical professional who delivers care for the mother. I have spoken to the mother in this case. She is disappointed that she has not had a conversation with Ms O'Shea. In her view the idea of reducing it to one obstetrician to make the decision would mean the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: In this particular case the woman involved said it would have benefited-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: She said a second opinion would have helped in terms of accuracy in the diagnosis and the severity of the reality of what the baby would present with at birth. It denied the parents an opportunity to ask questions.