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

Peadar Tóibín: That is not the case if a Deputy has mentioned that is his objective.

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

Peadar Tóibín: Thank you.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I reiterate the point that no woman should be criminalised with regard to abortion. It is important to remember that most abortions are related to socio-economic issues and we should focus on resolving those issues. It was stated that abortion was safe, but the Bill itself states that abortion is the ending of a life. Safety and the ending of a life do not equal each other. This is one of...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I have an amendment further down the list that seeks to augment the level of data collected in the whole process in the same fashion as in Britain. In Britain, far more information is collected than is proposed in this Bill. I agree with Deputy O'Reilly in that the more data and information that exist, the easier the policy development in the future. It will result in better insight into...

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

Peadar Tóibín: Many of us on this side agree with the difficulty but probably for different or polar opposite reasons. The question does remain and the phrase "extraordinary life-sustaining measures" is extremely vague. At the last engagement we discussed the necessity to detail 28 days. We could not leave for a lack of clarity because that would put medical practitioners on the hook, to a certain...

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

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

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

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties Data (6 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the land under the remit of the OPW in County Meath; the location of same; the use to which the land is being put; the location of land that is vacant, not in use or being used for agricultural purposes; the land which has been made available to Meath County Council or other housing agencies for the purpose of house building; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties Data (6 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties under the remit of the OPW in County Meath; the location of same; the use to which properties are being put; and the location of the properties that are vacant or not in use in tabular form. [44686/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (6 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the addresses of the schools that were built by a company (details supplied); the amount spent on schools built by the company; and the financial protections are in place to protect the State from costs associated with building problems within these schools. [45050/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (6 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 522. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to introduce a system similar to the Spanish model in which organ donation is based on an opt-out system. [44740/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (6 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 886. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocated funding for the sustainable transport measures grant programme for 2018; and the amount which has been drawn down to date. [45021/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (6 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 965. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the penalties in place for persons who willingly make false allegations to Tusla regarding other persons. [45126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (6 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 996. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocated funding for the CLÁR programme for 2018; and the amount which has been drawn down to date. [45022/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 1064. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in providing illness benefit to those who are entitled to it; the number of persons experiencing delays in illness benefit payments; the average delay; the longest delay; the value of illness benefit payments that have been delayed; and the reason it has become impossible to make phone contact with...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 1223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cultural institutions in receipt of State funding which is located in an area (details supplied); and the organisations that are trying to locate or establish themselves in this vicinity in the future. [44987/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (25 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Royal Hospital Donnybrook has a different admissions policy for patients that are based in Dublin hospitals than that for persons located in provincial hospitals; his views on whether this is fair; if he will ensure that patients from all hospitals can equally access healthcare despite location; and if a person (details supplied) will receive...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (25 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 265. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if timely medical treatment will be provided for them. [44523/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (24 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress he has made in considering whether more challenging thresholds of competency are required for those planning to teach in the Irish medium sector as outlined in the policy on Gaeltacht education; if the Teastas Eorpach sa Ghaeilge will be linked to the assessment of student teachers' Irish language competency in Irish; and the CPD...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Forbairt agus Todhchaí Raidió na Gaeltachta (23 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Ar an ábhar sin, cad é an t-ioncam iomlán atá ag RTÉ? Nílim ag caint faoin gceadúnas amháin, ach freisin nuair a thugtar na fógraí san áireamh.