Results 1,701-1,720 of 4,295 for speaker:Catherine Noone
- 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)
Catherine Noone: To be fair to the witnesses, it is probably not a question that they get.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: I ask Dr. Holohan to comment on adoption. Yesterday, the Deputy made a valid point about the need to educate people in schools about the adoption process.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: We discussed that yesterday.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: I think that was on another point.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: To expand on Deputy Fitzpatrick's point, what is the incidence of adoption? Does Dr. Holohan have any comments on adoption as an alternative?
- 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)
Catherine Noone: We cannot discuss it today but it should be discussed at a committee in due course.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: There will be a lot of matters considered in our report that will involve recommendations to the Departments of Education and Skills, Health, Children and Youth Affairs.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: We have had evidence about that anyway. Dr. Holohan wanted to make a contribution.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: I have allowed a little more latitude because there are fewer members here today because it is Thursday afternoon. I call Deputy O'Reilly.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: We have time.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: Would Dr. Holohan like to come in?
- 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)
Catherine Noone: Deputy Murphy has six minutes and, to be fair, a bit more if she wants.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: I appreciate that Deputy Murphy waited to make that point. It can create argy bargy.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: By all means indicate to me. Dr. Holohan always indicates when he wishes to come in. If anyone wishes to come in they should stick up their hand.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: As regards the national standards for bereavement care following pregnancy loss and perinatal death, which is mentioned on page 4 of Mr. Woods' presentation, he said that in 2016 resources were secured to appoint a clinical midwife specialist in bereavement to all maternity hospital units that did not already have one and that recruitment to fill those important posts is currently under way....
- 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)
Catherine Noone: Six of 19 units have yet to recruit such a specialist.
- 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)
Catherine Noone: It is difficult to chair the meeting and ask questions at the same time. That indicates that-----
- 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)
Catherine Noone: Is the position unattractive?
- 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)
Catherine Noone: "Challenging" might be synonymous with "unattractive" in this context and also in politics. As regards the folic acid point raised by Deputy O'Connell, which is an issue I am very interested in and on which I have done some work, approximately 100 babies are born every year with a condition the incidence of which could be dramatically reduced were folic acid to be standard fare for women of...
- 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)
Catherine Noone: From his medical experience, does Dr. McKenna think there could be negative impacts to taking folic acid?