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

Ruth Coppinger: -----although it would not be serious.

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

Ruth Coppinger: Exactly. We are trying to pick out examples and the point is that one thing can lead to another with health.

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

Ruth Coppinger: That is what all the doctors said when they appeared before the committee. It might seem like a minor thing but it can lead to kidney and other problems. That is the point. To separate health into degrees and gradients of seriousness is not right. I am in a dilemma as to what to do. This is an important amendment but we are in a dilemma because this was argued among the general public....

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

Ruth Coppinger: As so many Deputies are supporting it, I will press it.

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

Ruth Coppinger: Why did the Deputy's colleagues not come and argue in favour of it?

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

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 52:In page 9, line 15, to delete “avert” and substitute “reduce”. We will withdraw the amendment and resubmit it on Report Stage.

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

Ruth Coppinger: I had meant to table an amendment on this so I am interested to see what the Minister comes up with and can look at it on Report Stage. The Southern Taskgroup on Abortion and Reproductive Topics, START, in the south west and Doctors for Choice are at pains to say it would make life extremely difficult, between rostering, locums and so on. It is critical that we come up with something on this.

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

Ruth Coppinger: I ask that members who have tabled amendments which refer to DVDs and so on bring the DVDs to tomorrow's meeting in order to allow the committee to familiarise itself with the DVDs.

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

Ruth Coppinger: Some amendments refer to DVDs. It would be of benefit for the members who have tabled those amendments to produce the DVDs in order to allow the committee to consider them before decidING on the amendments. It is okay; do not worry about it. I will explain it later.

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

Ruth Coppinger: Obviously, Deputy Jonathan O'Brien has not read all of the amendments.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (6 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the use of prone restraints in schools; if his attention has been drawn to a school that is using such restraints on children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44830/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (6 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined a document (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44831/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (6 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the immediate steps he will take to ensure children are safe in school in view of the evidence in a document (details supplied) of physical and emotional harm being caused to children in schools through the use of unregulated seclusion and restraint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44832/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether schools are not inclusive of children with an ASD diagnosis; his further views on whether this cohort of children cannot reach their potential in the current education system; when he will fully implement the Education of Persons with Special Education Needs Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44833/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (6 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts a company (details supplied) received to build schools; and the years in which each contract was awarded. [45101/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will accommodate two schools (details supplied) that cannot use their building due to building defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45102/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the way in which the costs of remedial works for building work at two schools (details supplied) will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45103/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for the completion of remedial works for two schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45104/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (6 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a review of tendering processes in which companies with a poor record in fire safety and building standards will be excluded from future tenders for school building projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45105/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Facilities (6 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 1168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his policy regarding the hosting of political public meetings in local authority owned or funded community centres; if certain meetings are proscribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44908/18]