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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)
Catherine Byrne: I thank the witnesses for being here this morning. I hear Dr. Mahony loud and clear when she asks to be allowed to do her job and be protected as well. I have five children and have had my own misfortunes in having miscarriages. It is very difficult after the great joy of learning that one is pregnant when things do not go as one would like. That happens. What happens in such...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)
Catherine Byrne: As a mother of three healthy children who were born on time, I do not have the experience of giving birth to a premature baby but I know others who have gone through the experience and how it affects their extended families. It is difficult to manage sick children at home because we have not made the connection between services. Is there a reason for the global trend of rising rates and is...
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Catherine Byrne: ...she hears the contributions from this side of the House. It is difficult to know where to begin when talking about the cuts in the health service. Deputy Reilly has already alluded to some of them and I will give some examples. A 97 year old woman's home help service was cancelled because she had overstayed her time in hospital while having a surgical procedure. The community nursing...
- Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2009)
Catherine Byrne: I welcome the Bill to the House because it offers genuine hope to thousands of couples who desperately want a family but for various reasons cannot have children of their own. It opens the door to giving children a loving home, with an extended family in a new country. The Bill provides for the incorporation of the Hague Convention into Irish law, a welcome move which will implement...