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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes and I will then take questions from Senator Warfield and Deputy O'Connell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The broader question relates to counselling. We have been through a process to consider the regulation of people using the title "counsellor", specifically in the case of agencies setting themselves up, where the need for regulation was clear. The Senator is asking about whether the option should be available in the context of assisted human reproduction and, if so, whether it should be for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The purpose of the hearing this morning is to examine all available evidence and, while the conversations are wonderful, Deputy O'Connell was making the point that the longitudinal studies are really the only available evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not think it has been established that the harm exists, with the greatest of respect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am not hearing the evidence that the harm exists. When Dr. Rose talks of assessing the harm I am not convinced that harm necessarily exists. We are here to hear from everybody. We have a long way to run on this legislation. There is a great deal of scrutiny to get through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Ms O'Friel said substantial evidence exists that children are growing up unhappy. Does she have any actual evidence? There is much anecdotal evidence from people's friends and so on. What evidence that we could interrogate is there? Is there anything more substantial than saying there are potentially thousands of cases? There is the longitudinal study, which is welcome because it will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Ms O'Friel said they are crying out for research but that research is not done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Being able to engage critically is where we need to get to. The longitudinal study is great because we will have an opportunity to engage critically with it. It has to inform our work and what we are doing. On the comments about child abduction, I am fairly sure Ms O'Friel did not mean to be offensive. People in my life have been affected, which I do not offer as any kind of evidence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: One does not dream about or imagine that he or she will abduct them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Ms O'Friel said people would grab them out of the bush.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: No, she did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will check the blacks on that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: -----and I am happy to get that clarification. I am sure Ms O'Friel did not mean to cause offence.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Forms (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Med 2 form needs a signature from the spouse of the claimant; the arrangements made to facilitate a claim without this signature in cases in which the claimant and spouse are estranged, for example, in the case of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 363. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering general practitioner care for those cohorts that are entitled to free general practitioner care, that is, medical card holders, general practitioner visit card holders, persons over 75 years of age, children and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53823/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons directly employed by the HSE to provide home support services. [53824/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing ten directly employed home care workers to provide home support services. [53825/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe and cost per year of full implementation of the e-health system. [53826/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 367. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the health service spent on end of life and palliative care in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53827/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the health service spent on care for children with life-limiting conditions in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53828/18]