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Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: The reason Members have had such disastrous examples to reference is that doctors, hospitals and clinicians have been allowed to follow clinical policy and the ambiguity of different interpretations of that policy has resulted in women and babies suffering. I do not see the problem with inserting specific wording in an AHD to the effect that if the person concerned is pregnant at the time of...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: What is the Minister's purpose in changing the language from previously specifying that healthcare professionals would intervene to protect or save the life of the unborn, to moving towards changing the language so that healthcare providers would intervene to protect the pregnancy? Are we trying to determine that the word "pregnancy" actually relates to the life of the baby in the womb of...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I do not think I am going to change the Minister's mind. I understand the Minister is saying that changing the language means there will be interventions which will protect the woman's pregnancy or the person's pregnancy. By association, we are supposed to assume or come to the conclusion that this means we would be intervening to protect the life of the baby. Have we become so politically...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: It should say both. The words "pregnancy" and "foetus" should be included.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: We are scheduled to complete this Bill next Wednesday. We have an hour and 15 minutes scheduled with a finish time and early signature order of 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Does the Minister propose to come back on sections 73 and 74 before or on Wednesday? How does he propose to address the concerns that were raised today before we resume on Wednesday?

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by the Rt. Hon. Lord John McFall, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords (5 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I welcome the Lord Speaker to our Upper House. As he said, it is an awful lot smaller and more intimate than the House of Lords but he is very welcome. It was mentioned that we held a minute's silence in the presence of the British ambassador, H.E. Mr. Paul Johnston, a number of weeks ago. I think we can all agree the outpouring of sorrow throughout the world demonstrated the enormous...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 and the Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022 back from joint committee, to be taken without debate on conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, statements on the high level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: A wide range of topics were raised. Senator Burke talked about his views on the deregulation of the energy market. While I am not sure I fully agree with him, the fact several companies are competing against one another is certainly not giving the consumer better choice. The mind boggles at some of the reports in recent weeks that are an attempt to educate us as to how we could save money....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: Not everything is a label and while I appreciate the examples she gave us today are labels, "Traveller" is not a label. Travellers are a race of people who have a rich history, language and traditions. I think we need to be careful. Senator Kyne spoke about school transport. Senator Flynn spoke about her real disappointment at some of the language that was used in the past week. I...

Seanad: Planning and Development Regulations 2022: Motion (4 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, and Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022, copies of which were laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 19th September, 2022.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (29 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: The ambassador is very welcome. The Cathaoirleach always tells incredibly interesting stories, particularly when he talks about national days. This morning is no less impressive than any other day. One of the 18,000 Irish people who call themselves residents of Germany is my son. It broke my heart when he left but he is living his best life in Berlin. My connection with Germany is far...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, the Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022 - Second Stage, to be taken at 1.15 p.m., with the time allocated for the opening remarks of the Minister not to exceed ten minutes, group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes, and the Minister to be given no less than six minutes to reply to the debate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: The matter raised by Senator Maria Byrne is a fantastic idea. Do people have to live in Limerick to get a kit from a library there or could anyone else get one? What she has sought is that the kits would be rolled out to the rest of the country. It is a super initiative. I will find out more information and come back to the Senator with a response on the expansion of the programme....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: It strikes me as odd that it was only just during Covid, but I do not see why we would need security then and not during normal times. It is bizarre. I will contact the Minister in that regard today. Senator Conway, who has brought the HPV catch-up programme to our attention on many occasions in the Seanad, raised the fact that constituents of his have told him they have been charged for...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I tabled amendment No. 44 because concerns have been expressed at meetings of anaesthesiologists with regard to the Act perhaps being too restrictive compared with similar legislation in the UK, namely, the Mental Health Capacity Act 2005. It is in the context of doctors in emergency situations having to make what they consider to be pragmatic decisions. The Royal College of Surgeons in...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister for his willingness to engage with us. I will certainly come back with evidence that bears out the request for what looks, on the face of it, like opposition to what we are trying to do in the Bill. For the record, I refer to the Wooltorton case in the UK, which occurred in 2007. Doctors in an emergency setting carried out the advance healthcare directive and the...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move amendment No. 44: In page 61, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7): “(8) Nothing in this Act shall prevent a Registered Medical Practitioner from exercising clinical judgment in a life-threatening emergency to disregard an Advance Healthcare Directive, where they reasonably believe it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 and the Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022 - referral to joint committee, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, statements on budget 2023 from the Department of Finance, to be taken at 5...