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Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Dan Neville: ...up the HSE, I expressed my extreme concern about the development of such a monolithic organisation. I appreciate that the objective was to ensure co-ordination between the old health boards and consistency in terms of service delivery. However, this could have been achieved while maintaining and reforming the local health boards themselves. Admittedly, there were some difficulties with...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Dan Neville: ...causes extreme difficulties for many people. The decision of the Supreme Court in respect of Article 40.3.3° provided in law that the State must facilitate a termination where there is a real and substantial risk to the mother. This is the judgment of the highest court in the land and, therefore, is binding on all courts. The Supreme Court stated that it was lawful to terminate a...

Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Mar 2012)

Dan Neville: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this Bill, which is to transfer responsibility for the procurement of the national stock of clotting factor concentrate products and other biological medicinal products from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service to St. James's Hospital, the national centre for hereditary coagulation disorders, and also the national haemophilia centre. Clotting factor...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Motion (22 May 2008)

Dan Neville: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this serious issue. We are pleased to support the motion providing for a full and complete report. Each year, thousands of children are traumatised by physical, sexual and emotional abusers or by care givers who neglect them, making child abuse as common as it is shocking. The scars can be deep and long-lasting, and they affect...