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Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Mullen-----

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister is provoking comment as well, to be fair, and that is allowed in this Chamber. Senator Mullen cannot use the word lie in the Chamber.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: I will chair the House. When Senator Keogan gets the pleasure and privilege of being elected Chair then she can do so as well. Senator Mullen is a good friend of mine, and I do not want to have a row with anyone on this matter. It is a sensitive and considered matter with strongly held views. I appreciate where the Senator is coming from. I am not trying to be unfair to anybody. Will he...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: It is about doing three things-----

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: It is about respecting the House. I will be fair in the Chair, and the Senator knows I respect the Senator hugely. The Minister will be given the opportunity to speak. If the Senator wishes to reply or rebut if he thinks he needs to do so, I will call him again. Name calling by anybody on any side does not serve anybody's cause. Let us have a sensible and sensitive debate, cognisant of...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Mullen, please.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind all Members to speak on the amendment and through the Chair.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, please speak on the amendments.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask Members to be temperate in the language, words and phraseology they use in the Chamber of this august body.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not a question of whether the Senator minds. It is a question of the rules of the House and the etiquette.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: I will chair the session. Senator Mullen, please continue. Again, in terms of the language used, the Senator used the word "corrupt", which the Minister is not, so I would appreciate if he could be judicious in his language.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind Senators we are debating amendments to a particular Bill, not the Government and governance.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Keogan, your interventions will not help the situation either. You are gesticulating to the Chair. The Chair has been asked if there is a point of information to be made.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Mullen, I hope it is a point of order that is going to be made

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, it is a point of order.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Mullen, let the Minister finish and then you can come back in.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is straying from the Bill.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: Sorry, the referendum is not part of the amendment.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, I have given extraordinary latitude. The Senator is straying well beyond the amendments now.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator McGreehan should let the Senator-----