Dáil debates

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed)

 

10:20 pm

Photo of Michael Healy-RaeMichael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----but the Taoiseach accused us in the Rural Independent Group of filibustering. The Minister would even have to admit himself at this stage that there is no such thing as any wastage of time by this group. For anyone on the other side to say there is is extremely unfair, and for the Taoiseach to have put that on the record of the Dáil today was inherently wrong.

I was contacted today by many doctors. I am sorry that I cannot recollect the precise word used, but one Deputy on my right-hand side earlier said of the doctors who walked out at the weekend that it was a fake protest. That is what she was trying to say. The doctors, nurses and midwives who have what I would call serious conscientious objections are entitled to their viewpoints. They are professional people working in healthcare. If they have concerns, my goodness, they are perfectly entitled to meet and, as in any meeting, if they have a disagreement and if there is a walkout or a protest, they are entitled to that. My God, we live in a democracy. We live in a-----

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