Results 321-340 of 1,534 for speaker:Lorraine Clifford-Lee
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I was going to make my way down to the committee room to ask my questions, but I was not expecting to be called so quickly. I thank our three witnesses for their very enlightening presentations and the documents they submitted to the committee. I would like to focus in on something that Dr. Tobin touched on. Towards the end of his presentation, he said that a stand-alone surrogacy Bill...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: No, I do not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Will Dr. Tobin elaborate on the suggestion to delete that part from the assisted human reproduction Bill and have a stand-alone surrogacy Bill?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank Dr. Tobin for elaborating on that. Other guests have said they do not want a stand-alone Bill. They are afraid it will take too long and there too many issues hanging out in limbo. They want to proceed, even if it is not the absolute gold standard. What does Dr. Tobin say to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Even some academics have said the same.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: That would support the children and families currently here in Ireland and in the process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: That is okay. I might be able to come in again at the end.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Absolutely. That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I wish to bring the conversation back to the point Mr. Menton ended on about patient care. I think Professor Walshe outlined the position of women seeking terminations within St. Vincent's currently. While we are discussing it here and it can be discussed in very abstract terms, I think Professor Walshe brought it back succinctly to what we are talking about. We are talking about people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: To be clear, is Dr. Holian saying that if the freehold on the site in the middle of the campus were sold to the State, there would be an interference with that seamless care?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Some colleagues have touched on the mortgage issue and I have questions on that. Perhaps the two lawyers before us might outline how easy it would be to find a banker or another lender to grant a mortgage secured on a freehold that is subject to a 299-year lease that has a rent of €10 per year? Can they foresee a circumstance where any bank would lend in those circumstances?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: So it is an ancillary security.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Please briefly explain why it would not be seen as a good security.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Is Ms Reynolds saying that the bank would be unable to realise the full value of the freehold because of the long lease subject to a tenure of rent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Is there anything to prevent clinicians or their colleagues, and I direct my question at the two clinicians, from prescribing contraception for family planning purposes in St. Vincent's currently?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: A lot of commentary has focused on the Minister, and a future Minister for Health, and his or her personal views on family planning, contraception and termination of pregnancy. Is there any way in which a future Minister for Health could interfere via the golden share or otherwise with clinical practice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I have more questions for the two clinicians. Can they envisage any mechanism either now or in the future whereby religious influence could be exerted upon clinicians? What would their reaction be if another person outside of the medical team expressed an opinion on their treatment plan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: No, I mean somebody outside of the medical staff within the hospital, such as somebody from the board or somebody else who worked within the hospital structure. Would clinicians ever consult or take their opinion into account?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: How would Dr. Walshe react if Ms Reynolds, for example, who is a board member, expressed her opinion about the way patients in general or a certain patient should be treated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I only used that name as an example.