Written answers
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Department of Health
Health Care Policy
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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600. To ask the Minister for Health when a revised HSE national consent policy will be published which omits paragraph 7.7.1’s exceptions to the principle of consent [24380/18]
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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601. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to inform all medical practitioners and persons in associated professions that the exception contained in paragraph 7.7.1 of the HSE's national consent policy no longer applies. [24381/18]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 600 and 601 together.
As the Deputy's query relates to a HSE publication, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
However, as the Deputy will be aware, until the result of the recent referendum has been confirmed and the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill has been signed by the President, termination of pregnancy is regulated by constitutional and statute law. When the referendum result is confirmed the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 will remain the law on the issue until such time as new legislation regulating termination of pregnancy has been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas.
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