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Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: This is an incredibly serious issue. The Minister says it is more suitable for the Department of Health, and that may be the case. We respect that. However, this is the legislation before us now and it is the only legislative provision this Oireachtas will have the chance to consider in its lifetime. That is fair to say, based on the length of time it takes to get anything moving in here....

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: There are a couple of issues. The Minister said we were introducing a two-tier system. That was not our choice. We succeeded in getting an amendment passed which meant that all reporting was mandatory. We believe this is absolutely necessary to guard against the cultural deficit that exists inside the HSE in particular. However, having met officials from the Department of Health, who had...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Horseracing Industry (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: The Minister confirmed what I was saying was accurate. The five days' notice system applies and is outlined in regulation-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Horseracing Industry (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: The Minister can come back in a moment.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Horseracing Industry (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I heard what the Minister said regarding the different categories but the point I make is a valid one. Not only that, if the owner does not make the horse available for testing and fails to furnish the information within five days, it is at the discretion of the stewards of the governing body to deem that a missed test. What is the penalty for a missed...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Horseracing Industry (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the continuing absence of proper drug testing protocols in the horse racing industry; and the measures he plans to introduce to rectify these failures. [46929/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Horseracing Industry (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I am beginning to wonder whether the Minister does not want to answer my question. Against the backdrop of the revelations of drugs being used in the greyhound industry, what are his thoughts on the continuing absence of proper drug testing protocols in the horse racing industry? Is he concerned about this deficit and what does he intend to do about it? The position is in sharp contrast to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Horseracing Industry (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I remind the Minister that Ireland's so-called global leadership in equine matters will be severely challenged unless we address the use of drugs and employment rights - or lack thereof - in the horse racing industry. Contrary to the Minister's assertion, many of the policies are heavy on spin and fairly slight on substance. Unlike human sporting activities where athletes can be selected for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I have two agriculture questions to ask, so I must leg it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: In the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I could introduce them here. They are on horse racing, testing, etc. I apologise if I have to leg it before hearing an answer to my questions to the witnesses. I was going to raise the floodgates issue. I note my question has largely been answered. On page 5 of Dr. Sedgh’s report, she refers to varying rates across countries where abortion is broadly available. The report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Medical Law Review: Dr. Ruth Fletcher, Queen Mary University London (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: Dr. Fletcher's input was clear and helpful, which minimises our need to ask questions. A number of questions have been asked already but I wish to raise a few matters. The witness has given a good insight into how some or all of the Citizens' Assembly recommendations might be recommended. We can probably take it as a given that even if we did not implement some of them, new legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Medical Law Review: Dr. Ruth Fletcher, Queen Mary University London (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: There could be legislation which would provide for the broader grounds in later pregnancy and regulate the earlier one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Medical Law Review: Dr. Ruth Fletcher, Queen Mary University London (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: That is helpful. We have a great deal of evidence, and we know ourselves, that nobody wants women or practitioners being criminalised for this. Access is a key issue. It has been a thread today. Even for people who might have reservations and who would say they are not in favour of unlimited access to abortion, the best way of guaranteeing access is through early availability for the...

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 5:In page 17, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:" "Category A safety incident" shall be construed in accordance with section 8;". I want to raise a procedural point and I know that Deputy Wallace also wants to come in on this. This group of amendments is the essence of the debate around the Bill. It is likely that the bulk of debate will concern them and...

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: The problem is that we are dissecting the main area of discussion on this legislation. By the time I finish our time will be up. This section is the key to the debate but the Minister of State will not even have time to answer me before midday, never mind anybody else.

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I know. Okay.

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I know that but this disrupts the key to the discussion and that is unfortunate. Can we set the clock back to seven minutes then, as we have just been discussing procedure? That would be a help.

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: These sections are the key to the Bill and concern the issue of open disclosure. We are dealing here with new definitions of the types of safety incident that cause serious and less serious harm; with mandatory open disclosure regarding serious incidents; with voluntary open disclosure of less serious incidents; and so on. This is a huge group. With the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's permission I...

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: All Members want periodic payment orders which are far preferable to lump sum payments. We are trying to facilitate a move in that direction because it would presumably and I hope be more beneficial to a catastrophically injured person. It is very important that the chosen system be set up in a robust manner in order that people opt for it and will not have to rely on the lump sum payment....