Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of Sinn Féin we will not be voting against the motion but neither are we in a position to support it. We will be considering further the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly. It is a long-standing policy of Sinn Féin that we accept the need for the availability of abortion in the case of rape, incest and sexual violence but in order to best reflect party policy we will be supporting reason 9 because we think it is important that that is supported. We had understood a different sequencing in terms of how things were going to happen. That point has already been articulated. We are not in a position to support the motion but neither will we vote against it this afternoon.