Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

No effort is too great when it comes to preserving life. We should not cut corners or only do a certain amount to keep a baby alive. Everything possible should be done. If the baby arrives outside the uterus and into the world, every available medical intervention should be made to ensure the little baby will have the chance to survive. If it fails, so be it, but we should not do only a certain amount. A human being is a human being when he or she is born. I do not refer to interfering with the life of the mother. When the baby is outside the womb, every means available to the medical service, extraordinary or otherwise, should be employed to ensure the little baby will survive.