Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I hardly ever agree with Deputy Ó Cuív but I agree that there are too many suicides in the country. Sadly, many people lose a family member without warning or a note left behind. The family members are left distraught and constantly ask why it happened. The Bill allows medical professionals to intervene and hold the hands of women in that distraught state who need to be able to terminate pregnancies because they feel there is no other option. Such women will turn up in hospitals for whatever reason. The Bill will give some clarity to professionals that what they are doing is right for certain people at certain times. For all those reasons I will support this section of the Bill and the Bill in its entirety. It is time we woke up and listened. A lot of young people have to go abroad. We owe it to a small section of them to start here.