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Fourth Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I might say a few words before reading the response from the Minister's office. I thank Deputies Burton, Maureen O'Sullivan, O'Loughlin, Martin Kenny and Wallace. I am sorry if I left anybody out. We all know about the unbelievable cruelty that happened in this country in the past and is probably still happening in some places and the loss of those children's lives and the loss for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: ...Nos. 197 to 201, inclusive, together. Some of the matters raised by the deputy are largely encompassed in the recent Health Service Executive publication entitled Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland: the HSE Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016 - 2021. This Action Plan sets out the priority areas to be addressed over the next 5 years to improve breastfeeding supports, to enable more mothers in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I apologise but I had to go to the Chamber to speak on a particular matter. I read Professor Nugent's submission at length last night and in all of my time as a member of this committee, I have not read a more interesting or moving presentation. It highlighted our responsibilities as citizens but, more particularly, as parents and grandparents to children. I was reminded of my own mother,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Catherine Byrne: ...the 400 additional beds to be opened for the winter. The introduction of evening discharges would also be helpful. I also welcome the €74 million in additional funding for the fair deal scheme and the designation of the Hollybrook centre in the Inchicore-Kilmainham, Dublin 8 area as a nursing home. The roll-out of GP cards for children under six years of age has been a huge...

Topical Issue Matters (10 Jun 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need for the Office of Public Works to establish consultative groups to improve the visitor experience at OPW heritage sites; (2) Deputy Terence Flanagan - concerns regarding the presence of lead in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Parents and Patient Advocates (19 May 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the delegates for being here and allowing us to listen to part of their stories about losing their babies. I have read the report. I was not here for the meeting last week, but I have read the transcript and listened to the playback of it. I learned that the delegates had been treated barbarically. "Barbarically" is the only word I can find having read the report on what happened....

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Catherine Byrne: ...bringing this Bill to the House. If there was ever a Bill I would like to support, it is this one. However, as the Minister already stated in his opening remarks, this Bill is unconstitutional and a referendum would be required to amend the Constitution. However, I believe Deputy Clare Daly knows this very well and, therefore, I cannot support this Bill at this time. I, like many...

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Catherine Byrne: ...bringing this Bill to the House. If there was ever a Bill I would like to support, it is this one. However, as the Minister already stated in his opening remarks, this Bill is unconstitutional and a referendum would be required to amend the Constitution. However, I believe Deputy Clare Daly knows this very well and, therefore, I cannot support this Bill at this time. I, like many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medical Indemnity Insurance Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jan 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I have two questions. Having read Ms Courtney's statement, I was astonished to learn she had to go to England to have a doctor make a diagnosis or participate. It was unfortunate that no Irish doctor would support the case. I find that tragic. It tells us an awful lot about what happens when people fall victim to medical negligence. Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Developing a National Strategy for Coeliac Disease: Discussion (15 Jan 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I thank everybody for their presentation. On cross-contamination in hospitals and so on, particularly around a toaster, a friend of mine was in my local hospital last week for an operation and when she asked for a slice of toast a few hours later, she was told that they do not make toast anymore because of health and safety. I do not think it was anything to do with being coeliac, but that...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: ...Deputy Daly had the opportunity to introduce the Bill this evening. On reading the opening statement by the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, on this Private Members' Bill, I was struck by his wisdom and sincerity as a Minister and a medical doctor. In that statement, the Minister said:Medicine and the human condition are coloured in grey and cannot be reduced to binary or black and white...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acquired Brain Injuries: Discussion (6 Nov 2014)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Devlin family for their presentation and the stories they recounted. It is a great privilege to be a member of this committee because every now and again members have an opportunity to meet people such as the Devlin family who share the trauma they have experienced. The joint committee makes decisions on health and submits recommendations to Ministers. The stories told by our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Coping with Stillbirth Loss: Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association (16 Oct 2014)

Catherine Byrne: I apologise for having to leave the meeting to take a call. I thank the witnesses for their presentation. As a mother and grandmother, I could feel Mr. Roche’s loss, love and most of all, his compassion for other people in a similar position. I live near the Coombe hospital and there is a mass there every year. Attendance has grown over the years rather than subsiding and more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Byrne: I congratulate the Minister on his new appointment. I hope the approach he will take will have the same energy and wisdom which he brought to his last portfolio. As a doctor and a father, he knows too well the difficulties children face and the urgent need to address these. I welcome the establishment of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes, as well as the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Catherine Byrne: Both the Minister, Deputy Reilly, and the Minister of State, Deputy White, brought a breath of fresh air to the entire health system, particularly to the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive. I hope both of them remain under the remit of that Department and that we can continue the work already started. On the death of Emma Sloan, and I am not a medical expert, I did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Early Years Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Byrne: ...the longer one spends at home with one's children the better chance one has of connecting with them, but sadly, that it is not possible for many young people, particularly when they have mortgages and have found themselves in negative equity. I would agree with the point made by Deputy Kelleher in that I have passed many a housing estate where children are being bundled into the cars at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Report on Perinatal Deaths at Midland Regional Hospital: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister, Dr. Holohan and Ms McGuinness for providing the report. The very basic rights of care - compassion and respect - are very important, whether one is going to a GP or a hospital and whether one is pregnant or going for any other reason. There seemed to be a failure in this case. The report made me very angry, sad and, above all, made me believe something broke down in a...

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Feb 2014)

Catherine Byrne: I welcome the debate on the child care as it is an issue which affects most of us at some time in our lives. I was very lucky when I had my children in that I was able to stay at home and spend time with them and see them grow up, flourish and do all their activities. I spent many a time running around bringing groups of children from one end of the street to the other. Today things are...

Topical Issue Debate: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Nov 2013)

Catherine Byrne: ...social backgrounds lead to younger smoking, for whatever reasons. Will the Minister of State consider making a medical intervention such as is found in other European countries, for example, England, where nicotine patches are made freely available to pregnant women as a matter of course? This could be the first step in making a difference in the lives of a mother and her unborn baby....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health Nurses: Discussion (27 Jun 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I recall when I came home with my first baby and the fear and anxiety I felt when the public health nurse first called to my door. It is something most young mothers experienced at the time. When one closed the door after the public health nurse left there was a sigh a relief that one was taking care of one's baby properly and doing all the...