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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: He did not say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: I do not think-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: The Chair prevented me from doing so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: Do not infer-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: John is a doctor of law.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: I would ask all of the witnesses if they think it would be best if our Taoiseach and Tánaiste, who are promoters of this Bill, were here to listen to the testimony?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: That is a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: We have learned a lot about the constitutionality of where we stand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: On the constitutionality of the Bill, it is clear on a fair hearing of all the depositions that we are not obliged to legislate in terms we have been presented with in the Bill. The psychiatrists have said that given the probability of the presentation of someone with strong inclination to suicide is so rare, they will become the qualified adjudicators for suicidal intent to such a degree...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: My question will be a little different. I ask the witnesses and everybody else here when they decided to come into this world.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: It is a point. The Chairman is really too quick off the mark. When did they first decide to become unborn? These are philosophical questions as this is a matter of texture, depth and profoundness. We are here specifically to try to determine clarity in the law and the Constitution with regard to two lives. With the new life, the question is when the life begins, and there is also the...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: That is agreed.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: I share the same constituency.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: Deputy, please.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: Deputy McGrath, I am asking you to desist.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: Deputy McGrath, this is the last time I am going to say it.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: Please allow Deputy Buttimer to continue.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: The next speaker is Deputy Heather Humphreys who is sharing time with Deputies Áine Collins, Peter Fitzpatrick and Frank Feighan. Speakers have five minutes each. I will let Deputy Humphreys know when there is two minutes remaining.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: Deputy, I ask you to withdraw the word, "lies".

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Peter Mathews: Please, Deputy, withdraw the remark.