Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution protects the life of the unborn. I would not support any watering down or attempted removal of that Article under any circumstances. I understand such removal is a policy goal of the Labour Party. It is not a position shared by me or by my party. When Fianna Fáil in government brought forward a referendum proposal in 2002 to address this issue, Fine Gael opposed it in a very cynical manner. Throughout this debate, members of that party have maintained that nothing was done for 20 years. This is another example of politics being besmirched. We had a referendum in 2002, before the Minister, Deputy James Reilly, was ever in politics.

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