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Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: To conclude, this is about giving options and choice, nothing more. Those are the words that we have heard over and over again. No woman is being forced, and that needs to be said.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: I want to point out that conscientious objection is a major issue. I can see why. I have met a number of GPs and they have genuine concerns. They do not want to have any hand, act or part in the abortion process. It is as simple as that. The legislation as it stands, which my colleague Deputy Tóibín pointed out, does not provide for full conscientious objection. It was not...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: This is ridiculous.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: The Deputy is constantly being interrupted.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: I move amendment No. 13:In page 6, to delete lines 27 to 29, and substitute the following: “4. (1) The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas. (2) No public moneys shall be provided by the Oireachtas to pay for the...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: There is no need for the Minister to behave like a frightened schoolboy. When I said I was contacted by taxpayers many of them were women. I did not think I needed to single out gender for the Minister but clearly I do. The Minister may be aware of the fact that tens of thousands of women, including myself, voted "No". With regard to the Minister's cheap shots about my former party I do...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: I am not that sort of person. The next point I made-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: Excuse me, but I am entitled to defend myself. Some of the remarks------

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: -----were totally unacceptable.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: I will indeed. The Minister deliberately and constantly used hard cases and dehumanising language to justify the unnecessary harshness and extremities of this Bill. That is what it is. At the end of the day he, like other Deputies, must live with himself.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to exempting counselling and psychotherapy services from VAT in circumstances in which the practitioner is a registered practitioner but is not a psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45445/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: 421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for funding made under the rural CCTV scheme; the number approved; the number that have issued since 1 January 2017; and the number of approved applicants that have local match funding in place but have not yet received grant aid. [45444/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: 674. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve treatment for Lyme disease here to mitigate the need for persons to travel abroad. [45442/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Lyme disease is not included in the long-term illness scheme; the criteria for adding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45439/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: 672. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve diagnostic screening and testing for Lyme disease here and to monitor and record data on all cases of Lyme disease and not just the more extreme form, that is, neuroborreliosis. [45440/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have applied for and been approved funding treatment for Lyme disease under the directive on patients' rights in cross-Border healthcare scheme or the treatment abroad scheme. [45441/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage-setting Mechanisms (6 Nov 2018)

Carol Nolan: 1105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put safeguards in place to protect employees in the hospitality and tourism industry such as hairdressers to ensure that the 4.5% increase in the VAT rate from 9% to 13.5% will be passed on to customers and will not result in a reduction of wages for those in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Carol Nolan: Page 41 of the programme for Government, which deals with jobs and rural development, states that the Government is committing to revitalising every community across this State. The Tánaiste is aware of the situation at Bord na Móna where up to 430 job losses are in the pipeline. I support the call made by Deputy Cowen for a forum to be set up but the Government has...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm deis a bheith agam labhairt ar an mBille seo. I begin by clearly stating that, as a pro-life republican Deputy, I am opposed to the Bill in its entirety. After reading the Bill, reflecting on it and listening to the speeches made by party leaders in this Chamber, I have many questions and serious concerns. Is it the intention of the Government and other party leaders...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (16 Oct 2018)

Carol Nolan: 372. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the allocation of home care package funding to CHO area 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41889/18]