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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - McHugh I thank Deputy Timmins for introducing the Good Samaritan Bill 2005....When I first became aware of the legislation, I thought it was a good idea....That a Bill of this nature has seen the light of day is an indication of the changes in Irish society...This Bill has its genesis in occurrences in parts of the world other than Ireland....of society, without greed or seeking any personal good.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - Having said that, there is a need for some form of liability for good samaritans, particularly for the...purpose for which Deputy Timmins originally intended the Bill, that defibrillators would be widely dispersed...Again, one questions the need for a Bill at all because, as Deputy Timmins stated, there has not been...The Bill would be desirable in a workable form....If Deputy Cowley, as a doctor, takes action for the good of the patient, he is covered, but even though
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-06/38/
6 Dec 2005 - When the court and civil liability Bill was being composed, we looked at these provisions....the way in which it was phrased would have to be so carefully done that I could do more damage than good...For hundreds of years the law has stated that good samaritans are good because they do not operate under...This Bill for the first time introduces the concept of people being sued for failing to act in respect
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - There are three main areas of the legal concept of the good samaritan open to consideration: there is...duty of a citizen to assist someone in need, the compensation for loss or injury on the rights of a good...samaritan, and the liability or risk assumed by a good samaritan....I am reasonably confident the report will recommend good samaritan laws....On 21 October 2005, one and a half years later, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - Most doctors do not need this legislation because they have separate good samaritan cover from their...I am sure Ireland is the only jurisdiction in the world not to have good samaritan cover to protect those...We need good samaritan cover and do not need a sneering Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform...That has nothing to do with good samaritan acts....On Committee Stage we can amend the Bill and bring it back to the House for Report Stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - I am unsure why exactly the Opposition brought this Bill before us today....is clear from the short summary of the Good Samaritan Bill that a lot more information must be gathered...It is the opinion of most medical doctors that good samaritan assistance in terms of moving a victim...from the scene of an accident could do much more damage than the good samaritan may ever realise....I accept the Opposition brought this Bill to the House in good faith but it has not been sufficiently
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - Murphy While the Good Samaritan Bill 2005, which I welcome, seems to have some technical flaws, the...motivation for it is good....The Bill is refreshing because it appeals to the highest common denominator....There have been times in the past when good people have decided not to volunteer because things like...I welcome the Bill because it reinforces the positive rather than governs by sanction.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-06/38/
6 Dec 2005 - McDowell The Bill contains only two sections and the Deputies are asking me to move on to the provisions...They are trying to say it is a good idea to amend the law though this legislation.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-06/38/
6 Dec 2005 - The Bill as presented and the intentions behind it were entirely laudable, but when we look at the contents...of the Bill, they make it possible for the first time to sue someone for failing to act....Is that a good idea?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-06/38/
6 Dec 2005 - The issue of what happens to the good samaritan came up in the negotiations for the State indemnity scheme...It is unfair of the Minister to state that this Bill somehow creates a new differential....I agree the Bill is flawed, but I had hoped there would be a more positive critique from the Minister
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-06-15/5/
15 Jun 2005 - Timmins I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to protect from liability..., persons who act in good faith to provide assistance to a person who is ill or has been injured as a
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - The latter know nothing about good samaritans....Last Christmas the Government brought a Bill to the House in the name of the Minister for Health and...Deputy Timmins was correct in what he said on the Bill....Instead, they depend on good samaritans to keep an eye on them because if they want something done by...There are some very good points in Deputy Timmins's Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-06/38/
6 Dec 2005 - That is a good point but it is not what the Bill is about....The Bill is a wide brush that states the standard of care due from a doctor to a patient varies by reference...Is that what the Bill is designed to comprehend, that someone paid to be a nurse in a shopping centre
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-06/38/
6 Dec 2005 - problem that has never existed in the past, where a volunteer offering first aid to someone else in good...Is it a good idea to address a situation that has never arisen in terms that would introduce the idea...My problem is with the Title of the Bill....It is a two section Bill fraught with difficulty....The Bill distinguishes between doctors who are treating their own patients and patients of other doctors
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - Naughten The purpose of the Good Samaritan Bill is to protect from liability those who go to the assistance...This is a simple practical Bill which affords protection to all citizens who wish to render assistance...I wanted to speak on this Bill because I was involved in an incident where my father was killed in a...That driver would not be alive today had it not been for that good samaritan....I commend the Bill to the House.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-06/38/
6 Dec 2005 - whether the introduction of differential levels of liability for different health professionals is a good...That is another unintended limitation of the Bill....underpinned by broad principles and whether cases where people who engage in voluntary activities for the good...unconscious and is not in receipt of emergency first aid and a rope is fed down to him or her, the Bill...This Bill does not even deal with somebody who jumps into a river or takes out a boat to save somebody
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - Kirk I am grateful for the opportunity to make a brief contribution on this Bill, on which a discussion...The role of the good samaritan is also relevant in sport....claims coming through the system to suggest that someone responding in a medical emergency, such as a good...samaritan, has been sued.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-06/38/
6 Dec 2005 - Fine Gael believes the public should be encouraged to take on the role of the good samaritan with the...It is necessary that this legislation be passed so that people acting in good faith will not be exposed...I hope the Government accepts this Bill as it stands or with whatever amendments are necessary.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-06/38/
6 Dec 2005 - McDowell) Deputy Timmins's speech presenting this Bill unsubtly suggested I should accept it in the...spirit of Santa Claus and that I would be hard-hearted to reject it, but the Bill is very badly drafted...In effect this Bill overturns the common law....Is it a good idea to cast on people by statute a duty to intervene in first aid situations?...The people who drafted this Bill must answer that question.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - Whatever happens to this Bill, and it seems the Government is intent on voting it down rather than amending...This is the original motivation for the Bill....A Bill such as this is necessary to ensure that the good samaritans in society, those who try to help...out of the kindness of their hearts rather than the other good people, such as doctors, who work for...If the Minister is serious about tackling the legal issues involved, why will he not amend the Bill,
