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

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that. Is it the intention to have an explicit clause in that section to ensure that industrial action is protected?

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

Róisín Shortall: It strikes me that for the avoidance of doubt there should be an explicit clause. On the powers of the Garda, I agree with the points made about the importance of us engaging with the Garda because that is the critical thing. There is no point in having legislation on the books unless it is clearly enforceable from a practical perspective. One of the concerns to arise is that under the...

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

Róisín Shortall: Sure.

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

Róisín Shortall: Again, I find it hard to visualise how that would work. If somebody is protesting within the zone and a garda is called on to deal with that matter then how does the garda know whether the protester has had a previous warning?

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

Róisín Shortall: I have a concern about this aspect. We need to separately engage with the Garda on this matter. What is the thinking behind the extent of the safe access zone? A distance of 100 m is at the lower end of practice generally. What is the thinking on the optimal area?

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

Róisín Shortall: Was research on the distance done on practice elsewhere?

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

Róisín Shortall: Finally, on timescale, we are keen to co-operate and ensure that there is no delay to scrutiny. As the Chair has said, it will be a tall order to complete pre-legislative scrutiny by 14 November. We will do our best in that regard and we will discuss this later. Once pre-legislative scrutiny has been completed, what is the expected turnaround time for the production and publication of the Bill?

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

Róisín Shortall: Will the new legislation be published early in the new year?

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

Róisín Shortall: Has the Government given a commitment to expedite or prioritise the legislation?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he supports extending the World Trade Organization decision of 17 June 2022 on the TRIPS agreement to cover intellectual property relating to Covid-19 treatments and diagnostic tests with no further conditions or changes to the text; and if he has responded to a correspondence concerning this matter from 18 NGOs. [51104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 15 September 2022, the maximum spend permitted for Traveller accommodation in each of the years since 2020; if there is a ceiling on the funding that each local authority can draw down or any other budgetary restrictions since the allocation process was amended; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all monies paid by each religious order under the residential institutions redress scheme and all monies still outstanding in each case in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52041/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all monies paid by each religious order under the Ryan Report and all monies still outstanding in each case in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52042/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation facing old age pensioners who have lost their entitlement to fuel allowance, due to the fact that their adult children who are not in receipt of an qualifying payment have had to move back in with them due to the housing shortage; the steps that she intends to take to address...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline that the working interdepartmental group established to review the report of the Special Oireachtas Joint Committee on International Surrogacy is working towards in completing its work; when he expects the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 will reach Committee stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 830. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is no nursing representative on the strategic advisory group on monkeypox; if there are plans to amend the membership of this group to include nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 831. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 768 of 11 October 2022, the engagements that his Department has had with relevant stakeholders regarding the guidelines and regulations for the sale of codeine containing medicinal products since January 2022; if further engagements are planned in view of reports of widespread abuse of guidelines and regulations; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 832. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the ambulance service for counties Offaly, Westmeath, Laois, Longford and Kildare, the number of ambulances serving each county; the ratio of ambulance to population for each county; the number of times that each ambulance service for each has had to travel 50 km or more for each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issues facing the blood cancer community during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50926/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (12 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 8 September 2022, the reason that he will not give consideration to the request to extend the evening opening time of the National Botanic Gardens in view of the widespread public interest in visiting the facility; if his attention has been drawn to the additional enjoyment that local people...