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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: The UN does not take into account the right of the unborn prior to birth at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: The right of the unborn is not considered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: No, they are here at their own request.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: To follow on from my question, I am disturbed to think the UN does not take the rights of an unborn child into account on this issue. The passage of a child from its mother's womb to the outside world is a very short one but it seems to be jumping a huge gap in respect of its rights. We are, and will be, discussing abortion in our Parliament over the next number of months. In fact there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: I have another question before I allow Senator Mullen to come back in. On Senator Dolan's remarks about chromosomal abnormalities, of which Down's syndrome would be the most common, is the UN position that it alone is a legitimate reason to have a termination of pregnancy? Whether on chromosomal abnormalities or other abnormalities, how does the UN judge an abnormality to be sufficient to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: Before Deputy O'Reilly comes in, it is a very interesting discussion, which I did not anticipate having this afternoon. It has been a very important discussion and perhaps far more informative than a debate in the House where there is no interaction. I think it is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: That is a very important aspect of what a child faces after it is born. I thank the Senator for that. Senator Mullen may make one final small comment before we allow the witnesses to leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank the Senator. On behalf of the committee, I thank Professor Pras and Dr. Orla O'Reilly. I meant to say Ms Orla O'Connor. I am giving everyone the title "Dr."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: I think everybody in this committee has been called "Dr." at one stage or another by me. I thank the witnesses for coming in and stimulating a very interesting and timely debate on the issues. As there is no other business, this meeting of the joint committee is adjourned until Wednesday, 22 March. Members of the committee have one week's holidays.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: The eighth amendment states: "The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right". The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 defines the circumstances under which termination of pregnancy is allowed, namely,...

Commission of Investigation into the Grace case: Motion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: The Grace case illustrates a lack of proper governance, accountability and transparency within the HSE. It amply illustrates the dysfunctionality that exists in the HSE. Some 15 months ago, the CEO of the HSE said that it is an amorphous mass that nobody understands, that it lacks vision and a long-term plan. When Dr. Aidan Halligan was offered the post of CEO of the HSE in 2004, he looked...

Commission of Investigation into the Grace case: Motion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: It has become impersonal, detached and unresponsive in human terms. Bureaucracy is more important than patient outcomes and proper service delivery. Patients become service users and doctors, nurses and allied professionals become service providers. There is a Kafkaesque language used by the HSE. Initially, the apology was made to the service user without referring to her by name or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: This meeting will be carried live on Saorview channel 22, Virgin Media channel 207, eir Vision channel 504 and Sky channel 574 and Vodafone channels - Oireachtas TV 201, Dáil 207 and Seanad 208. Members are requested to switch off their phones or switch them to airplane mode so as not to interfere with the recording of the meeting. All public meetings are broadcast in a replay loop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Nolan. I ask members who came into the room after the meeting commenced to turn off their mobile phones because they will interfere with the recording of the proceedings of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Lennon. I will open up the discussion to members of the committee. Two members are offering, Deputies Kate O'Connell and Jonathan O'Brien. We will take their questions together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: Thank you very much, Deputy Kelleher. Dr. Nolan, will you start by taking some of those questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: Thank you. Would Mr. Lennon or his colleagues from the Department like to answer some of the questions posed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Lennon. We will proceed to the next group, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Colm Burke and Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: Thank you, Dr. Nolan. Deputy Boyd Barrett felt that one of his questions had not been answered.