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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Ancillary Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly Report: Department of Health and the HSE (30 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Are the Department of Health and the HSE doing their best to inform people who have crisis pregnancies that all alternatives are being considered?

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: There is no national database of claims, which makes claims harder to track. The Government working group on the cost of insurance is trying to recommend that data protection legislation be amended to allow names to be shared in a national claim database. This is already operating in other jurisdictions. Insurance fraud adds €50 to the average motor insurance premium, and an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (30 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE quota of the dispensary of medical stockings can be raised from two to four in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51372/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When the Citizens' Assembly was sitting, it left all of its votes to the very end and I suggest that we do the same. We have already had a vote and there was a lot of controversy about it. The Citizens' Assembly is the main reason we are here so I think we should have all of the votes at the very end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome Mr. Thompson here today. In his talk he spoke a lot about aborting babies because they had been diagnosed with a particular condition. I am very concerned that we would think it is okay to abort babies because they are going to be disabled. As Mr. Thompson has said, there is no way for a doctor to know how long these babies will live. Many families have been in contact with me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mr. Thompson's talk focused a lot on how babies who have been diagnosed with a condition are often aborted at various stages. As he said, the babies can be aborted at quite a late stage in pregnancy if a condition like Down's syndrome is diagnosed. I am worried by the fact that we are living in a world where something like Down's syndrome is seen as something that could mean a baby's life...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mr. Thompson, in one of his answers, talked about how we could consider a law that says abortion can be allowed where a baby is usually not going to survive. Does all of that boil down to a law where a group of people are allowed to decide whether a baby is allowed to live or not? This is completely the opposite to what we do here in Ireland, where doctors do their best to care for both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mr. Thompson has mentioned in the background note in his statement that he supplied to the committee that he worked as a lecturer at the Royal Free Hospital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am sure that when he was a lecturer he lectured young male and female students. What kind of lectures did he give? A lecturer can influence young people at an early stage. In his lectures did he say "Yes" or "No" or how did he guide his students?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: My problem at the moment is that I do not want to repeal the eighth amendment. I am fully sure, having listened to Mr. Thompson talk, that he wants to repeal the eighth amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mr. Thompson's introduction and everything that he has said seems to indicate that he favours repealing the eighth amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: My biggest fear is that back in 2016 there was over 190,000 abortions in England and Wales. Does Mr. Thompson think that number is very high?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Does Mr. Thompson think 190,000 abortions a year in England and Wales is very high?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mr. Thompson said a small percentage but I think even one abortion is a lot. I thank him for his answers.

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

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee today. I think all of us agree that we need fewer abortions. This is why I am so eager to see proper discussion on positive alternatives. I already highlighted the need for this committee to address adoption as a life-saving alternative to abortion because I think this is something that has been unfairly ignored and many couples have...

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

Peter Fitzpatrick: Given that the Department of Education and Skills is looking at relationships education and mental health, these are surely affected by the failure to be able to have a baby naturally or to adopt it, so is it reasonable to ask what the Department of Education and Skills is proposing to do to teach students how adoption is a positive alternative to abortion? That is where I am coming from....

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

Peter Fitzpatrick: The reason I am asking Ms Egan is because the Department educates a lot of students. What I am trying to say is that adoption would be a good and safe alternative. I cannot understand why the Department has not put forward adoption. To me, it is a good proposal. Why is it not there? Will it be there going forward?

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

Peter Fitzpatrick: When we are talking about abortion, we are talking about the ending of a baby's life. We saw earlier today that more than 190,000 babies lose their lives through abortion every year in the UK. In the context of relationship education, are students taught about the development of the baby in the womb? For example, are they taught that the baby's heart starts beating at just three weeks in...

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

Peter Fitzpatrick: In fairness, they are taught about contraceptives and I think it is very important that they actually know the facts, such as the fact that the baby's heart starts beating after three weeks, in order that they are educated about that. Will the witnesses elaborate on that?

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

Peter Fitzpatrick: That is a very-----