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Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When can we expect the defence (amendment) Bill to be published to amend the Defence Act 2006 to specify certain activities associated with the dispatch of personnel overseas which can take place in advance of discussion of the United Nations Security Council resolution?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (24 Apr 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to shorten the completion of the vetting process (details supplied). [19295/13]

Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When does the Taoiseach expect the publication of the criminal justice (legal aid) Bill to provide for amendment of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962?

Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The primary purpose of the Bill is to provide for a system of declaring vehicles off the road for motor tax purposes in advance, closing a tax evasion loophole, whereby owners can declare, retrospectively, that a vehicle has not been in use on the public road, which is unverifiable. It is estimated that the cost of this loophole is in the order of €55 million per annum. The new...

Organ Donation: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The programme for Government envisages the introduction of an opt-out system of organ donation with a view to improving the availability of organs for patients in need of transplantation. The introduction of this opt-out system will mean that the consent of an individual to organ donation is deemed or presumed to have been given, unless he or she registered a wish not to become an organ...

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Bill amends section 31 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, which makes provisions with regard to the rents systems and charges of housing authorities, so that they can be brought into operation in an effective sequence. The Bill proposes the deletion of wording in section 31 which conflicts with a rent system in which charges are determined on the basis of household...

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When can the House expect the publication of the health information Bill to provide a legislative framework for the better governance of health information and related issues, including data matching, population health resources and identifiers for use in health services?

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When is the human tissue Bill expected to be published? This is to meet the key recommendation of the Madden report that no hospital post mortems should be carried out and no tissue obtained after post mortems without consent. It will also address other matters relating to human tissue, including consent arrangements for transplantation and research purposes.

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: This Taxi Regulation Bill is the most comprehensive piece of legislation for the taxi sector in the history of the State. It replaces the previous 2003 Act, which was produced in a hurry following a court case and ignored by Fianna Fáil for almost ten years. Until now, consumers could not distinguish between taxi drivers adhering to the professional standards and those who did not do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the representatives from the Chambers of Commerce in Warrenpoint and Dundalk. It is good to see so many local representatives at this meeting, including Deputies, Senators and Members of Parliament, which demonstrates the high level of interest in the Narrow Water Bridge. A lot of hard work has been done so far. We are close to the end and it is very important that we seal the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Over the past number of weeks both I and my constituency office have been completely inundated with questions and queries about this debate. As an elected representative of my constituency, I have given an undertaking to my constituents that I would raise their questions at this committee. Accordingly, the questions I am about to ask are on behalf of the people of Louth and east Meath. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses very much for making themselves available. My first question is whether doctors and nurses who wish to have no part in abortions under head 4, either directly or indirectly, will be protected in their profession and livelihood? In the case of a patient who is suicidal but not mentally ill, is it ethical for a doctor to decide to end the life of one patient –...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses for making themselves available. My first question is for Dr. Boylan and Dr. Mahony. Will every effort be made to save a baby's life in every case where a pregnancy is terminated post-viability? Can Dr. Coulter-Smith explain the difference between abortion and necessary medical treatment which may result in the death of the baby? Are all three doctors satisfied that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I asked Dr. Coulter-Smith to explain the difference between abortion and necessary medical treatment which may result in the death of the baby.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It related to the necessary medical treatment for the mother, which could cause an abortion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: No, I refer to where a woman is undergoing medical treatment and she gets medication, which would cause the death of the unborn child. What is the difference in this regard? Does that happen much?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Deputy Regina Doherty asked a question I was going to ask. Fair play to her. I asked all the questions I had to ask in session 3 but I will repeat one question about which many of my constituents are concerned. Are the witnesses satisfied the proposed legislation will provide for mandatory care of newly-born children resulting from later stage termination in order to vindicate their equal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is doing a fine job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Is Dr. Monaghan satisfied that the proposed legislation will provide for mandatory care of newborn children resulting from a later stage induction in order to vindicate their equal right to life under the Constitution?