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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (20 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 106. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for electronic health records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52303/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (20 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 121. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish an action plan for implementation of the Disability Capacity Review recommendations relevant to the specialist services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50434/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the independent review into the radiation therapy profession following agreement at the Workplace Relations Commission last year between an organisation (details supplied) the HSE and the Department of Health; the timeline for completion of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52300/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 141. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for dental services for public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52301/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: Several times over the past couple of months I have had to raise with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health the issue of the pandemic bonus payment. It has still not been paid to many front-line healthcare workers. Many workers who work in nursing homes, some of the carers of whom we spoke earlier who are not HSE staff and staff in section 39 organisations that provide services to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 202. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 4 October 2022, if he will provide rates provided to each CHO; if procedures can be outlined that qualify for access to the fund; and if there are an operational guidelines/protocol in place for the PCERS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52063/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: I welcome the officials. I support this legislation as it makes its way through the Oireachtas. If members can be helpful in speeding up that process, we should be, but we must do our job of pre-legislative scrutiny also, as I am sure the witnesses understand. We received eight submissions and based on my reading of them, they all broadly welcome the heads of the Bill. That is good....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: It would have been better to have had it for this meeting. We will meet in private session later but given that a number of organisations have raised practical concerns about enforcement, it would have been better to have the Garda submission. When we receive it we will have to give it its due attention. In the list of submissions, the one received from the Pro-Life Campaign is currently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: There obviously were concerns. If it was sent to the OPLA, there are concerns that it is potentially defamatory. It is important-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: I understand that but the submission has not been released and if it has not been released, there is a problem. My point is we want to hear from all sides but when any organisation makes a submission it must not be defamatory as otherwise we cannot do our job. I wanted to make that point. I move to the HSE submission. I have a number of points to make because the context is important...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: I do not doubt that at all. The point I was making is that we have our job to do, which is to hear from all of those stakeholders. Given that the HSE and others have raised concerns about enforcement, it is important for us in our work to hear directly from An Garda Síochána. I do not doubt it worked very closely with the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: Can I interject because this head refers to "communicating in such a way as to deter or dissuade" an individual or a healthcare provider from providing termination and the same in communicating with a person who wishes to avail of termination of pregnancy services. Does that include displaying religious imagery and messages and graphic images of fetuses as was outlined in the HSE submission...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: Okay, so it is included in head 4.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: In relation to head 4(3)(g, which refers to intimidation or harassment, it seems there is a difference between head 4 and head 6 when it comes to harassment. Is it a graduated approach where there is a lower threshold of harassment under head 4 and then what seems to be more persistent harassment under head 6? Is that the difference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: Okay. That could be communicating by telephone or by email; persistent harassment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: When we talk about intimidation under head 4, it is at the actual healthcare setting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: I can see the HSE and others have raised some concerns about enforcement. It terms of the Department's conversations with An Garda Síochána, there were media reports that the Garda Commissioner might have concerns about the ability to enforce this legislation. I am not sure if that is correct and I do not want to do him any disservice. Mr. O'Connor stated the Department had a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: Is the Garda comforted by the provisions of heads 4 and 6, because they include many definitions of what is and what is not allowed or what is prohibited? Are the Garda representatives given comfort by what they have seen from heads 4 and 6 that they would have the ability to enforce this measure?