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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I am pressing it.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 51: In page 11, to delete lines 28 and 29.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 50: In page 11, lines 21 and 22, to delete “, in addition to appointing medical practitioners duly identified by it for appointment to the review panel,”.These amendments are fairly self-explanatory. They seek to have the Health Service Executive, HSE, appoint people to the review panel who have been nominated by the various colleges. Earlier, the Minister...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I tabled an amendment opposing the section. I am opposed to the section. I articulated my concerns earlier on this and I would like to make a few brief points on it. Suicide is a real risk in pregnancy and there is no doubt about that. We all have to acknowledge it. However, it is important that we note the evidence given by Professor Kevin Malone to the committee. A balance has to be...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I wish to ask a brief question.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for coming back to me. I ask the Minister to correct me if I am wrong. He said that if a foetus is viable outside of the womb then in the case of section 9 it cannot be certified for a termination. Does that not set a term limit on it?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: No, I am talking about the State.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: Yes, and the medical professionals who carry out the procedure.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I asked a fundamental question. The Minister has differentiated between a pregnancy and a baby.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: The Minister has just stated something very significant and I ask him to clarify it. With regard to a woman with suicidal intent, if there is no underlying mental health issue, a psychiatrist must certify.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: In light of the example provided by Deputy Shortall, will the Minister clarify a matter for me? If a woman is suicidal because of her pregnancy but has an underlying mental health issue which is treatable, would she be entitled to a termination?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I respectively disagree with the argument put forward by Deputies Ó Caoláin and Boyd Barrett. We are not, in terms of the legislation before us, talking about parity between mental and physical illness rather we are talking about parity between physical illness and suicidal intent. The legislate is quite clear, as was the evidence from the witnesses who attended the committee...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: Amendment No. 32 is pretty much the same.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I wish to refer to my amendment, No. 15, regarding my definition in subsection (1)(b). I may come back on Report Stage with an amendment to that.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: My opposition to it was related to amendment No. 15. I do not oppose section 8.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I wish to make a brief point on section 7 in regard to compiling the figures. It appears that there will not be a differentiation between an induction and a medical abortion, as may be required under the terms of the legislation. It is normal practice in the third trimester to talk about an early induction. That is usually the procedure involved. What the Minister has outlined to us in...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: No. The point I am trying to make to the Minister is that there is a need for differentiation between an induction and a medical abortion in how the statistics are compiled. In the third trimester the normal medical procedure involves an induction and an early cessation of the pregnancy rather than an abortion. At earlier stages different procedures are involved. The statistics should...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I will not tease this back and forth. We have all debated these issues and know exactly what they are in this case. I have articulated my concerns in this regard and for that reason I will press the amendment.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I acknowledge Deputy Ó Caoláin's comment. I do not have access to the Parliamentary draughtsman and had no resources for drafting the text but I accept his point.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 15: In page 8, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “7. (1) It shall be lawful to carry out a medical procedure in respect of a pregnant woman in accordance with this section in the course of which, an unborn human life is ended where-- (a) the medical procedure is carried out in accordance with regulations under this section, (b) the unborn is...