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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (27 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who received a diagnosis of lung cancer on a national basis after referral to the lung rapid access clinic cancer in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [9231/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (27 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 610. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who received a diagnosis of prostate cancer on a national basis after referral to the prostate rapid access clinic cancer in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [9232/24]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill, which the Social Democrats will be supporting. However, I have some concerns about the approach being taken in Part 2 in terms of both health and housing. I will go into detail on those matters in a few moments. In the context of Part 3, I very much welcome the provisions to enhance the role of community pharmacists. I will begin by...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 87: In subsection (9)(a), to delete “make one or more than one payment to” and substitute “engage with”. Currently the Bill links storage of embryos and gametes to payment. The concern is that this could introduce all kinds of complications for AHR professionals, who have made this point to the Minister already....

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: All these amendments relate to the same principle involved in that. I am happy to withdraw them on the basis of the Minister’s commitment and we can have another look at them on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 2 to amendment No. 87: In subsection (9)(a), to delete “make such payment” and substitute “engage”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 3 to amendment No. 87: In subsection (9)(a)(i), to delete “make the payment” and substitute “engage with the relevant storer (T)”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 4 to amendment No. 87: In subsection (9)(a)(ii), to delete “make the payment” and substitute “engage with the relevant storer (T)”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 5 to amendment No. 87: In subsection (9)(b), to delete “payment the subject of the notice having been made” and substitute “engagement of the subject of the notice”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 88: In page 45, to delete lines 36 and 37 and substitute the following: “ “surviving partner” means the surviving spouse, civil partner or cohabitant of a deceased person at the time of the person’s death.”. This relates to surviving partners of the deceased. Is the Minister considering such an amendment for Report Stage?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 89: To delete the definitions of “PGT-A”, “PGT-M” and “PGT-SR”. I will speak to my amendments to amendments Nos. 89, 93, 94 and 96, which all concern the same issue. It is my understanding that the Minister has brought forward his amendments on the advice of AHR professionals following engagement with them....

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Because they are all in the same group.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Regarding amendment No. 90, AHR professionals have said that given the small pool of genetics specialists in Ireland and the vast increase in patients requiring genetic services, this amendment should be made to include specialists with equivalent medical experience in the definition of "relevant specialist". Again, the situation is moving quite quickly and the science is moving quite...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: For Report Stage?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: With the Minister's own amendment?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome that. I have one other point regarding this group of amendments. There is some concern about emotive language being used. As an example, on page 46, line 28, there is a reference to "has a condition". I propose that we change the phrase "suffers from". That kind of language is used in multiple sections. I outlined just one example. The use of "suffers from" is considered...