Results 1-19 of 19 for other and baby speaker:Bernard Durkan

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (12 Dec 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Michael Ring - To discuss the investigations into the staff and CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - To discuss the timeline for the opening of the mother and baby redress scheme and making of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1068. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grounds upon which a person (details supplied) may not get redress, who is a potential beneficiary under the Mother and Baby Home Redress Programme, but who understands that despite being affected in a similar way to others, may not get redress on the basis of their lesser stay in the institutions; and if...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...the Opposition to please consider that we all have a right to speak. It would be nice if we could silence everybody who had an opposing view but I believe in the democratic way. It is the oldest and still the best way. We then went on to a situation whereby, as the problem got bigger, there was a necessity to increase the charge. Otherwise, the system would have collapsed and we...

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this particularly important issue, having done so in the past. I concur with others in acknowledging the various people who have told their stories here tonight. It is important we hear the stories and listen to them carefully. They serve us in good stead in imbuing us with a new sense of purpose and a recognition of the need to respond to...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...like that in the near future, unless I have been overexposed to the sun or something, but I must announce myself as a motorbiker. It is an enjoyable mode of transport. I still have the bike and still indulge in using it. My colleague just spoke of sharing space on roads. There are more people competing for that space than ever before, with more vehicles and more types of vehicle....

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: This is one of the sad occasions where we have to revisit our history. It is history long past in some cases and fairly recent history in other cases. As a Government party supporter I will vote whatever way the Government wishes to vote. I am aware of all the circumstances, the need and the urgency. I am aware of the need to protect and preserve the records for the future and all of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The stakeholders include the baby, the donor and the surrogate mother. To what extent, on the basis of court cases already taking place in other jurisdictions, can we have reasonable assurance that we are covered in most eventualities? A few years ago, we had a couple of high-profile cases. That seems to have tapered off recently. Would the witnesses comment on anonymous donors? Although...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 205. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position relating to occupants of the various mother and baby homes ,including the Magdalen laundries, Bethany Home and others; if compensation has been paid, is pending or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7397/19]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...that the debate is drifting off in a direction which was never intended. In the Second Reading of a Bill one can suggest what should be in the Bill, one can complain about what is not in the Bill and one can announce what one intends to do on Committee Stage. However, we are gone past that. We are now in a situation I have never seen before, where it has been suggested in an acrimonious...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...situation, with nowhere to go, with no help from any quarter. The only place to go was across the water, to leave the country or disappear into what were once the Magdalen laundries or the mother and baby homes. It is time we grew up a little. It is time we learned that women had lives as well, that they are entitled to due and fair consideration and that they do not find themselves, at...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on the Bill. Along with other Members I happen to be one of the people who sat in committee for the final quarter of last year discussing this particular issue. There was a general recognition that there was an evolution of thinking in the course of the examination of the witnesses and their submissions to the committee hearings. I have the...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...great extent, a very animated debate took place at that particular time, which has been repeated on a number of occasions since. I hope that on this particular occasion, we will have a more mature and a more regulated debate in terms of keeping the emotion to a minimum, recognising the issue is important. It requires and deserves a full and thorough debate, with respect for one another's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Never. Like others, I welcome the witnesses and I thank them for their interesting address. Regarding the deficiencies in the postgraduate and undergraduate courses and the location of adequate encouragements, for want of a better description, to ensure the people who embark on those courses have a place to go and are sure of where they want to go at the end of them, to what extent do the...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Despite that, I had three Dáil elections and a Seanad election behind me. I can recall the debate very well. It was a very hotly contested debate, full of acrimony, full of accusations, full of unpleasantness and full of false allegations. It did not do any good for our society. In fact, it divided society badly at that time. I sat in on most of the hearings chaired by the now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Thompson for attending the meeting today. It is an interesting discussion. What happens if a woman or girl presents and has not made up her mind fully or has not been counselled previously as to whether she will or will not continue with the pregnancy? Is there a facility to counsel or assist in any way? My other question relates to when there is a serious abnormality. Mr....

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on this most important legislation. Like him, I have been around this House for similar discussions over many years. My earliest recollection of a similar debate was as a very small child, when legislation was brought through the Houses by the late Dr. Noel Browne, namely, the famous mother and child scheme....

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

Bernard Durkan: ...in the event of a woman presenting with a seriously difficult pregnancy, there is an acceptance, in hospitals throughout the country, that the legislation will provide clarity, that it is necessary and that it will at least facilitate medical staff in giving a universal response to a particular emergency case? In regard to conscientious objection, to what extent is that principle equally...

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: -----and bought the elections of 2002 and 2007. There was no end to the money on offer. It created an expectation that this would work, but it did not and, like the people who built the Tower of Babel, the Opposition is now speaking in diverse tongues and its members cannot understand one another. I am not surprised by this, but they have certainly run away. What really takes me to the...

Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (20 Oct 2005)

Bernard Durkan: I compliment Deputy O'Connor for being so optimistic and generating a feel good factor. However, one issue that immediately comes to mind is that the number of people depending on social welfare for housing rent has not gone down. These people are not as enthused about the situation. Other matters that come to mind do not necessarily relate to social welfare. Any given Friday, one can park...