Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

We add our voices of sympathy and solidarity for the families of those murdered at the weekend.

In the last week there has been a notable change in the tone of the debate surrounding the eighth amendment for the better. I also commend the remarkable surge in energy and determination of those who are campaigning in this referendum, particularly on the Yes-Tá side, up and down the country and in every town and village. Given that the polls show there may indeed be success for the Yes side in the referendum, and without counting our chickens before they hatch, has the Cabinet given any thought to when it would introduce the legislation that will allow for removal of Article 40.3.3° from the Constitution, should the country, with all due respect to everyone who votes on Friday, decide that is what it wants to do? Has the Cabinet decided when it will table legislation to be brought before the House? Every day we waste is another day 12 women are exiled from the country and at least five women illegally take abortion pills in solitary confinement in their homes to suffer without-----

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