Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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I do not have the expertise to say that. After the pre-legislative process, we went through it in depth and we tried to take that on board. Some of the amendments I have would reflect that and define what is meant by "maternal death". They say that somebody who was pregnant and died of cancer would be excluded. That tightens the definition of a maternal death and so on. Could that fit in on something else? I do not know. I do not even know the Bill the Tánaiste is talking about. I do not think there has been a heads of a Bill published on that, so there is no way that is going to be done by the summer. The Tánaiste said something about the Courts Bill, but I do not know if she meant a different Courts Bill. This was in a phone call late yesterday afternoon. It would seem to be a miracle that it could be included, even though she said it would be. I do not know.