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- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: A Chathaoirligh,, he is trying-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is about respecting the Chair and the Seanad.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Senator Mullen has made many false claims in the Chamber.He has made many insidious claims in the Chamber this morning. The most insidious claim the Senator continues to make is his repeated suggestion that the statements by women, their partners and healthcare workers who tell us there are protests outside healthcare centres and they feel intimidated and threatened by those protests are...
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Therefore, I will respond directly to the false claims and challenge that Senator Mullen put forward. He asked for me to refer to one registered healthcare provider. I refer to the HSE, which I hope Senator Mullen will accept is a registered bona fide healthcare provider in the State. I will read the submission made by the HSE to the joint committee during pre-legislative scrutiny of this...
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: That is what the HSE has said. Senator Mullen would clearly have us say the women are lying-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: ----and that Senator Clonan, the HSE and everyone else is lying. They are all making this up. It is utterly disingenuous.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: He should retract his insidious, nasty little comments from the record.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: He is insulting every single person who tries to provide these services and access them.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: You are insulting the testimony by such people-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----as Senators McGreehan and Clonan. The Senator's testimony and approach to this are absolutely despicable and disgraceful.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: That is what I think. Specifically, on the amendments-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The amendments seek to remove a safe zone for protest from within 100 m of the Oireachtas. Those who say we should not have this Bill at all are now saying we should not have the 100 m zone around the Oireachtas. Of course we should. We are cognisant that the Oireachtas is very close to existing healthcare providers and we want to make absolutely sure that although there are healthcare...
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am addressing the Chair.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am not talking to the Senator; I am talking through the Chair.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am talking through the Chair.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: On a point of clarity on the submission, the Senator appears to be suggesting that the HSE is lying. It was-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is an official document. It is not a note to me. It is an official presentation to the Oireachtas committee.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy may be aware, the HSE has identified the need to develop an updated and integrated Model of Care for transgender services, informed by the best evidence-based clinical care for individuals who express gender incongruence or dysphoria. In this regard, the HSE is in the process of establishing a multi-disciplinary team and the position of Clinical Lead for Transgender...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.