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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: The witnesses cannot look at the contracts and say those 400 contracts equal 600 doctors. They have no idea.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I will not even bother asking if Ms O’Shea thinks the provision of such disaggregated data for evidence-based decision-making in healthcare is useful, necessary or required.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: To your report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Does Ms O’Shea accept that reasoning?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Do you find it obstructive?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Moving to the contracts, 40% of them do not register with My Options.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: At first view, that itself is hugely problematic. From the quotes in the reports, which were really helpful in explaining why that is, one understands this comes with a body of work and it is urgent work because it is on a timeline. If you do not register with My Options, it allows GPs to limit the number of patients they accept to those on the surgery books and existing patients. Is that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: So services-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: My point is that with regard to My Options there is an almost built-in option not to register.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: That is the fact 40% do not register.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: How important does Ms O'Shea think it is, in terms of that barrier issue and timely access to care, that My Options would have a facility to arrange an appointment for someone?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: We are all used to that interface now where you can book an appointment online. I want finish out that piece about GPs. I was struck by the reference to obstruction and delay for non-providing GPs. Is that something which came up regularly in the work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, we have criminalisation in the law of those providing services right now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: However, the obstruction and delay of referrals comes under the code of ethics.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: There is no criminal aspect to denying somebody service, but there is a criminal aspect to delivering service.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Sorry, they can proceed with impunity if they obstruct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Yes, 100%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: A GP or service provider is often in a position of power.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: It seems incredibly imbalanced. I would like to see criminalisation removed from the Act.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: If there is criminalisation on providing service but no criminalisation in denying service, that sounds massively unbalanced.