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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: So we are still a bit off on that.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: I know, but major concerns were raised about this at the hearings.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: We had six days of hearings. One of the issues that came up from all sides in this debate was the issue of consent. It is legitimate to get clarification on that while we are dealing with the Bill.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: Amendment No. 77, which I tabled and which has been ruled out of order, deals with a related issue that arose in the evidence given at the hearings, namely, the need for capacity legislation to be developed in conjunction with this Bill. Capacity is not provided for in the Bill because we are bringing in specific capacity legislation. Witnesses before the committee have expressed concerns...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: Sorry, yes. I was referring to the consent that comes under the capacity legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the 23% VAT rate on fees charged to families by a personal insolvency practitioner; the estimated cost to the Exchequer in the current year and a full year if VAT was not charged on home insolvency proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31478/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Derivatives Market (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to regulate food securities trading on the stock market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31477/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure there is not a repeat of the failure by Student Universal Support Ireland to process 2012/13 higher education grant applications in a competent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32178/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: 471. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive compensation under the cessation of turf cutting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31804/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: 679. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out a screening programme to detect the presence of genetic mutations BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes which bring a higher risk of breast cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31959/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Preventative Medicine (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: 680. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer tamoxifen or raloxifene to all women aged over 35 years old with a family history of breast and related cancers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31960/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: 695. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 276 and 278 of 30 May 2013, if he will outline the number of psychiatric nursing staff officially appointed or allocated to each unit; the number of involuntary patients resident in each unit; the number of long-term involuntary or forensic patients, those deemed suitable for accommodation in a intensive care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Jul 2013)

Denis Naughten: 696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term involuntary or forensic patients, the number of those deemed suitable for accommodation in a intensive care rehabilitation unit accommodated outside the Central Mental Hospital and appropriate long-term accommodation; the numbers in the Central Mental Hospital due for release this year and in each of the next three years; the...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Denis Naughten: Legislation should be published on that basis to facilitate a discussion of the pros and cons of it rather than to use suicide as a Trojan horse to bring in this particular mechanism.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Denis Naughten: The difficulty is that the suicide provision provides for a more liberal abortion regime than exists in the United Kingdom. There are no term limits on it, which means it provides legally for late-term abortions. I acknowledge that it is not the intention of the Government or parliamentary draftsman to make that provision, but the Bill as drafted so provides. All the evidence from those in...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Denis Naughten: I compliment the publication of Mr. Justice Quirke's report which in my view is a very novel approach. I refer to a similar approach taken with regard to children profoundly damaged by State-administered vaccines. The Minister's Department was given responsibility to issue compensation to those families on foot of the report. It took a number of years for that report to be published and...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Denis Naughten: I was about to make the point last night that the argument about suicide and the defence being made for its inclusion in the legislation is based on the Supreme Court judgment in the X case, that we must act on that judgment because this is now the interpretation of the Constitution and we cannot introduce legislation which contravenes the Constitution. Law is not always logical. Usually...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (27 Jun 2013)

Denis Naughten: 36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on discussions with the management of Ireland West Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30901/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (27 Jun 2013)

Denis Naughten: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deliver on proposals by Ireland West Airport, Knock, to create 500 new jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30902/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (27 Jun 2013)

Denis Naughten: 169. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a payment for the designation of their bog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31188/13]