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Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: We are also going to look at adding well-being. The Minister's definition of health means the physical or mental health. We are now saying that it is where there is a risk to life or of serious harm to the health, that is, the mental health. How does one even ascertain what is a serious risk to someone's mental health?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: No woman should have to wait until there is serious harm to her health either.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: If the words "serious harm" are removed and it just refers to health it would return to, hopefully, the definition we will consider on Report Stage which involves the complete physical and mental well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Has the medical profession commented on it? The Minister said he has had-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Have its members commented on the issue of serious harm as opposed to just harm?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: As I want clarification on a matter, the Chair may not withdraw my name. The Minister stated that one could have a situation whereby the procedure and certification are carried out by different doctors. I am trying to think of all eventualities. What happens if a doctor examines a woman and decides that there is a serious risk to her life but the doctor has a conscientious objection to...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will attend as well.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is the Deputy having a laugh?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Strategy Group (25 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 13. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no progress was reported on budget day on the merging of PRSI and USC. [44210/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (25 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to use the surplus generated from winding down NAMA to build housing. [44209/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the relationship between the withdrawal of funds from the rainy day fund and the EU fiscal rules under the Stability and Growth Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43898/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is true to say that a number of Departments are consistently under profile as well as consistently over profile, with the Department of Health being the biggest. With regard to the health budget, the Minister said he has increased expenditure for next year to ensure that does not happen again. That is welcome. He is plugging the hole. How much of that was recurring spending? I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I referred to a period of two years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: What about the banks?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: What price does the Minister put on industrial harmony? The full cost of pay equalisation is €190 million. The Minister has set aside €75 million out to 2020 and he will then spread the rest out up to 2026. We are not talking billions of euro. It will cost €190 million for industrial harmony and to try to bring people back to levels of equality post-2011. It is not a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for pay equalisation for post-2011 entrants; if full equality will not be reached until 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43896/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: My question is in a similar vein. What are the plans of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, for pay equalisation as announced in the budget?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am sure the fact that four of the five Priority Questions today are on this issue indicates its importance, not just to the Opposition but to the Minister as well and, more importantly, to the public sector workers who will be affected by this. I appreciate the extra time being given because the questions are grouped. I am sure the Minister is aware of the ballot last week by the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (24 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of community employment supervisors and provision of their payments under a Labour Court recommendation of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43895/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Living Wage Implementation (24 Oct 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees working in the public sector with salaries below the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43899/18]