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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: How is Lisheens House not complying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I am not saying that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: So Lisheens House did not comply with-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: They have to reapply and do what is requested.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I welcome the Minister. I have spent more time with him in the last week than I have with my husband so the Minister might get tongues wagging. I apologise if some of these points have been covered already but I had to go on the plinth earlier. I ask the Minister to comment on the Ombudsman's comments this morning on the Learning to Get Better report and the recommendations not being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: That has given rise to a number of issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: The number is still high.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: We missed Bantry hospital.

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: While homelessness figures in Cork South-West are not officially very high, this is due mainly to the fact that two, three and sometimes four generations of a family will live in the same house rather than have one generation moving onto the streets. As such, the figure is somewhat misleading. Even so, homelessness figures in west Cork are definitely increasing. I thank Deputy Healy for...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for accommodating me. Under the programme for Government, the Government committed to enhancing mental health services. In west Cork there is a facility called Lisheens House which helps people with mental health difficulties and also tackles the huge problem in west Cork of rural isolation. It means that people no longer have to make the long journey to...

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

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I fully agree that if women want information they should receive it, but this amendment does not say that. It does not say it is their choice. Anyone who has spoken on the amendment has said it is up to the women and that they will not be forced to receive this information. However, what its proponents are talking about and what is written seem to be two different things. The wording "if...

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

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: It is written there in black and white.

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

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: It says "if and only if" before listing the provisions. What the Deputy is speaking about and what is written there are two different things.

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

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: There is a great depth of feeling about this issue. It is probably the part of the Bill that has been spoken about most. With my heart and soul I can fully understand why someone would not want to be part of this. There are many reasons for it. Some people might be pro-life. People should not have to explain themselves. I know that the Minister is aware that the depth of feeling on this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (8 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Castletownbere transportation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46155/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Election Management System (8 Nov 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he has progressed the accessibility of voting and voter information for persons with disabilities. [46364/18]

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

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I do not agree with any of these amendments. If I have been told once, I have been told a million times since the referendum that the people have spoken, and so they have, however if we start by changing the Title of the Bill on which the people voted, the whole thing will go up in the air. It is important that we keep to what the people voted on as best we can, and this is what they voted...

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

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: That is what it was called. It was published as that.