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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Professor Casey has three minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Dr. McCarthy has three minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Professor Casey is here in her professional guise. It is only fair to point that out. She is presenting here today as an eminent psychiatrist.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has made his point. Before asking Dr. McCarthy to respond to points made by Members, I ask him and his colleagues to be as brief as possible in their replies. I am conscious that four other Members wish to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: There are 60 minutes for members for questions and answers. I call Deputy Billy Kelleher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. McCarthy. I welcome Dr. Maeve Doyle to the meeting. It is now my pleasure to call on Professor Patricia Casey to make her submission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Professor Casey has ten minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members of the committee, members of the media and witnesses that mobile telephones should be turned off for the duration of the meeting to facilitate the broadcasting of these proceedings. This is the third session of a series of hearings the joint committee will conduct over the next three days to discuss the implementation of the Government decision following the publication of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Perhaps Dr. McCarthy would keep the paper away from the microphone. It is difficult to get this right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: You are in a good place here in the Seanad Chamber, because there are probably a couple of babies here too, although perhaps I should not say that. I am only joking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We have reached the end of the time allocated for this section. As the witnesses do not wish to make any final concluding statements, I thank the members and our witnesses, Dr. Rhona Mahony, Dr. Sam Coulter Smith and Dr. Mary McCaffrey, for attending the hearing. We will suspend the sitting until 2.45 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Walsh please show respect and courtesy to the Chair and the witnesses and stand when speaking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: The witnesses will reply to those questions before we move on to the next three speakers, Deputies John O'Mahony and John Paul Phelan and Senator Jim Walsh. Senator Ivana Bacik and Deputy Peadar Tóibín will also contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: We will now move to questions from non-members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. Senator Fidelma Healy Eames and Deputies Terence Flanagan, Billy Timmins, John O'Mahony and John Paul Phelan have indicated. The Senator has two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a matter for another day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Mahony, Dr. Coulter Smith and Dr. McCaffrey for their presentations. We will now have 60 minutes of questions from members. I call Deputy Kelleher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: For the information of members who may be wondering, there is no script for this presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Thank you, Dr. Coulter Smith. I now want to welcome Dr. Mary McCaffrey from Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, and Dr. John Monaghan from Portiuncula Hospital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Mahony. I now invite Dr. Sam Coulter Smith to make his opening presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members and witnesses to ensure their mobile telephones are switched off for the duration of the hearing. We are starting promptly and on time, as we do every week. This is the second session in a series of hearings that the joint committee will be conducting over the next three days to discuss the implementation of the Government's decision following the recent publication of the...