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Oireachtas Health Committee

# oireachtas-health-committee - Tuesday 7 May, 2013

‘Misleading’ to say abortion does or does not help suicidal women

A New Zealand based psychologist, whose work has been quoted extensively by pro-life groups, has raised issues with the definitive conclusions those groups have drawn from his work.

# oireachtas-health-committee - Tuesday 30 April, 2013

Cabinet expected to approve draft abortion legislation today

Coalition partners Fine Gael and Labour are due to set out conditions under which abortions can be legally carried out in Ireland.

# oireachtas-health-committee - Friday 21 December, 2012

Committee hopes to report to government on X Case law by end of January

The Oireachtas Health Committee will hold three days of public hearings in January with its chairman Jerry Buttimer urging that there be a “respectful and tolerant” debate.

# oireachtas-health-committee - Thursday 25 October, 2012

Health insurers call for levy to be scrapped for children’s policies

Representatives from all four health insurers told an Oireachtas committee it could help to save a struggling industry.

# oireachtas-health-committee - Thursday 26 July, 2012

111,000 pupils miss more than 20 school days a year

The Oireachtas health committee heard pupil absence details yesterday, and was told that 158 pupils were expelled in the 2009-2010 year.

# oireachtas-health-committee - Thursday 12 July, 2012

Children’s Minister to appear before Oireachtas health committee

Frances Fitzgerald’s appearance before the the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children comes in the aftermath of the damning report on the deaths of children in care between 2000 and 2010.

# oireachtas-health-committee - Friday 2 March, 2012

HSE hopes to clear over 31,000 medical card applications backlog by May

The announcement came on foot of a visit to the HSE’s centralised medical card processing office by the Oireachtas Health Committee today.