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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Ancillary Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly Report: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the Well-Being programme. I presume it must be accredited in terms of the junior cycle report that they will be getting at the end of the cycle. Presumably, there is CPD for teachers delivering that programme.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 409. To ask the Minister for Health when the dyspraxia assessment which has been ongoing since 2015 for a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be completed and available to the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50326/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (23 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the roll-out of broadband to all schools has been completed; if not, the timeframe for all schools to be included; the percentage that have access to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49798/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (23 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects asylum seekers will be granted the right to work; his plans to have restrictions on those who would qualify for this right, including the length of time they would need to be in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49802/17]

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 29:In page 30, after line 40, to insert the following: "Gambling 19.The Minister shall, by way of follow-up to the report published in 2015 by the Department of Social Protection and entitled Playing Social Roulette: The Impact of Gambling on Individuals and Society in Ireland prepare a report under this section on the potential for increased taxation of gambling...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I accept that the Minister of State has outlined a number of measures the Government is examining and the work done by the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, in particular. Will the report to which Deputy Burton refers be considered in that context?

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: In that case I will not press the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I support Deputy Catherine Murphy and others on the bodies that came before us. Bodies like the World Health Organization, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Irish College of General Practitioners have status as representative bodies or, in the case of the commission, through statute. They are not there on any side of an argument. They are there because of who they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is not fair. The Deputy has no right of reply here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will take the five minutes please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Dr. Lohr for the information. She has given us many statistics, particularly about Irish women and that is useful to the committee. She says she is here to provide us with factual information about the experience of Irish women who travel to the UK. They say she has no financial interest in Ireland changing its laws. Will Dr. Lohr clarify that is the case so there is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wanted that to be clear on the record. I will ask Dr. Lohr about the experience of Irish women. She has informed us of the care pathways that BPAS provides. There is an issue for Irish women with regard to where the role of BPAS ends in the care pathways, particularly with regard to contraception counselling post-abortion. What is the effect of that? We have had previous evidence that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: For women who come back to Ireland, Dr. Lohr would presumably agree that contraceptive advice she be available both before and afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Thanks. Dr. Lohr said that 92% of terminations in the British systems happen at under 13 weeks and 81% are at under ten weeks. She also said that the majority of Irish women have surgical procedures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: A reason she gave was the time that one needs to be there for the medical procedure. Is there also evidence from Dr. Lohr's work that there would be a delay which would be a factor for Irish women having the surgical procedure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Various people have asked about floodgates. Does Dr. Lohr have any evidence that this floodgate opened, with dramatic increases, at any time since the British Act of 1967?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Ms McDermott very much for attending the committee meeting. It is really important that she has come and she has told us her personal story. We were all probably horrified at the cold way in which she and her family were treated in the hospital. That would certainly be a cause of concern to all of us here. I refer also to the experiences that she described in the beginning of her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Ms McDermott.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Curriculum Reform: Discussion (21 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I also thank the contributors. I would like to talk about this in general and perhaps pick up first on the point made by Mr. Donohoe and others about the slow pace of change. This is a real concern for me. Obviously, I have experience of trying to deal with the slow pace of change and I spent many hours sitting across the table from education stakeholders. I am absolutely convinced that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the provision of a permanent building for a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48794/17]