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Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: It relates to the same thing. Is it not the case that the Senator is also proposing the replacement of the word "is" with the words "may be"?

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I have just explained it.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: No.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: It is not relevant to the amendment.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I do not want to add anything as it will not change anything. However, I do not want the Senator to be misinformed or under any illusion. The draft regulations relate to forms, etc., not the clinical guidelines, which must be agreed by the colleges. I will not be enacting the legislation until the clinical guidelines are put in place. I must qualify that by saying I cannot be held to...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: It may be inconvenient for Senator Mullins but the truth is the truth.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: My apologies.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The fact of the matter is that what we are legislating for is to bring clarity to a process of a determination. There is clarity around how the decision will be arrived at but not how the consequence of that decision should be carried out because that is to be prescriptive. There is no running away from that and no amount of language will cloud that or change that. That is why I will not...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the Senators for their contributions. The Bill is what it says it is - the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, for both mother and unborn child. I can only restate what I have said, namely, the Bill cannot be prescriptive of medical practice. Some have pointed out that we are telling doctors what to do, but we are not. We are clarifying the legal situation for them...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I will first address amendment No. 4. I do not propose to accept it, as the main purpose of the Bill is to restate the general prohibition on abortion in Ireland in line with Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution while regulating access to lawful termination of pregnancy in accordance with the X case and the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the A, B and C v. Ireland case....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for children with disability including those with autism. Significant resources have been invested in recent years in the health sector in these services and the HSE provides a range of community and residential services including therapeutic services and respite. The HSE is currently engaged in a reconfiguration of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: There is no early retirement scheme currently available or planned for employees of the Health Service Executive during 2013. The Deputy may wish to note that theFinancial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 provides for a further "grace period" from 1 July 2013 to the end of August 2014. During this period those retiring and who were subject to the pay reductions under the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: As Minister for Health I have no responsibility to the Dail in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The establishment of the National Health Innovation Hub is one of seven 'Disruptive Reforms' included in the Government's Action Plan for Jobs 2013. The aim is to establish a Hub to drive collaboration between the health system and the enterprise sector leading to the development and commercialisation of new healthcare technologies, products and services, emerging from within the health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology Issues (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: In addition to providing for its own ICT needs, my Department provides ICT services to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and its associated agencies, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children and the Family Support Agency on a shared-service basis. The approach of my Department has been to utilise appropriate technologies to provide modern and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Arising out of the Irish Presidency Informal meeting of EU Health Ministers in March, at which Childhood Obesity was a major theme, the EU Commissioner supported the Irish request to mandate the EU High Level Group on Nutrition and Physical Activity to draw up an Action Plan to address Childhood Obesity. All Ministers attending the Informal meeting agreed that childhood obesity is a priority...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service issue, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Regulation (EC) 883/04 and Implementing Regulation 987/09 provide for the coordination of social security systems, including healthcare, within the EU/EEA and Switzerland, with the aim of ensuring the free movement of persons. This objective of the Regulation is to ensure that persons exercising their right to move and to stay freely within the EU/EEA and Switzerland do not suffer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Report on the establishment of Hospital Groups which I launched on 14 May is the most radical and most fundamental modernisation of our health system infrastructure since the State’s foundation. To achieve the most effective high quality outcomes for patients in the most cost efficient manner possible, the reform of the structures and governance for the delivery of hospital...