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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (21 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: 372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the way the 2% cut to public service pensions will be applied to pensions between €32,500 and €34,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23739/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (21 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: 398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to an application (details supplied) the criteria on which medical evidence was assessed on both occasions in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the way they could come to different conclusions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24923/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (21 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: 427. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24047/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: What about for smaller units? Does the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, have any concerns about the heads of the Bill as they are currently drafted in respect of the smaller maternity units throughout the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: Mr. Saunders made the point that the commission has no role under the heads of the Bill. Is he of the view that it should have a role? He also commented on the fact that there are only three perinatal psychiatrists based in the Dublin hospitals. Is it his impression that decisions under head 4 would be made by perinatal psychiatrists? That is the impression some of us would have obtained...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: May I pick up from Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick's last question. If a woman does not have medical or mental health issues what advice can be given to her if she is suicidal or how should be treated or should she come under the category as provided for in head 4? I want to ask Professor Kevin Malone about comments made on Friday about bad science by Dr. Peter Boylan and Professor John Crown....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: I have three brief questions. I ask for clarification from Dr. O'Grady about his earlier evidence. My understanding is that suicidal ideation in pregnancy peaks in or around the end of the first trimester. If that is the case, would a delay in a decision not lead to a greater number of medical terminations rather than surgical terminations, as stated in the evidence given to the committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: Following from Deputy Fitzpatrick's last question, what happens in a situation where someone has refused alternative interventions? How would this situation be dealt with by psychiatrists? The College of Psychiatry of Ireland's submission is very clear that suicidal assessment should be left to the psychiatric profession. How does this fit into the system of multi-disciplinary medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: Has there been any case of early delivery on the basis of suicidal ideation in Dr. Monaghan's unit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: I refer to Dr. Gerard Burke's evidence. He flagged an issue flagged in January, which is how to define a real and substantial risk. He referred to it on a number of occasions. Last January, Dr. Rhona Mahony, master of the National Maternity Hospital, raised the specific concern of whether a real and substantial risk is 10%, 50%, 80% or 1%. Interestingly, the evidence of Dr. Gerard Burke...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: Dr. Tony Holohan made the point earlier that there may have been early deliveries on the basis of suicidal ideation. Was there any experience of this in any of three hospitals? When the witnesses reply later, they might respond to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: All three speakers this afternoon have said they do not destroy the foetus in the termination of a pregnancy. The legislation as proposed is silent on the issue, however. Do the witnesses believe there should be clarity regarding the procedure used to terminate the pregnancy? I do not mean that it should specify the means but rather that it might refer to destruction versus induction. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: From the evidence given by the Irish Medical Council and the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists their firm position is that what they would like to see is regulations supported by primary legislation rather than the structure proposed under the various heads. Will the witnesses clarify this? With regard to conscientious objection, what happens if in smaller units all three...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: In January Dr. Rhona O’Mahony asked if a substantial risk to life during pregnancy was a 10%, a 50%, an 80% or a 1% risk of dying. I do not see an answer to that in the heads of the Bill. Will Dr. Tony Holohan provide us with an answer to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: I thank the witnesses for their evidence. Regarding head 6, the Minister and Dr. Holohan referred to how the formal review pathway was in addition to, rather than in substitution for, a woman's seeking a second opinion. If so, and I believe it should be the case, does it mean that a woman who is unsatisfied with the first decision can, instead of going through the appeals process, search...

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish (16 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: 25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contacts that he has had with key players on Capitol Hill in the US following the publication of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23108/13]

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish (16 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress regarding the provision for an E3 visa for Irish citizens following the publication of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (16 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline his response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23552/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (16 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will facilitate an early release of Exchequer funds to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to allow it to issue a proportion of the disadvantaged area payment to farmers without delay due to the financial crisis caused by the poor weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23551/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (16 May 2013)

Denis Naughten: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the closing date for single farm payment applications in view of the impact the current weather conditions are having on normal farm practices and the decision by his Department not to allow applications to be accepted in local departmental offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23550/13]