Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

There is a lack of urgency on the part of the Government with regard to what has happened in recent days. The Minister did not respond to Deputy Clare Daly's question as to whether there have been similar cases of maternal death in recent times. I ask him to answer that question definitively - yes or no. We will resubmit our Bill in the near future if the Government does not move on this issue.

The expert group set up after the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights was due to report last December. The deadline was then extended to the summer and then to the autumn. At this stage the report is almost 11 months overdue. We want that report in the public domain, that is, circulated among Cabinet members and then to all Deputies. We want to see the report and we want change. We want the necessary legislation introduced quickly.

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