Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Friday week marks the tenth anniversary of the cruel and unnecessary death of Savita Halappanavar. I commend the organisers of the Savita anniversary march for health, equality and bodily autonomy, which will take place on Saturday, 29 October in Dublin. Initiated by ROSA, the socialist feminist organisation and supported by the National Women's Council, the Union of Students in Ireland and Unite the Union, among others, this march has been organised for two key reasons. The first is in remembrance of Savita and to call for a permanent memorial to her to be established. The second is to highlight the need for further change in the law four years after repeal. Our National Maternity Hospital is being handed over to a Catholic organisation.

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