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- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: I will. I shall speak to the section-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: I have no intention of doing so, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. These are my first comments on Report Stage. I hope that there will be no need to revisit those issues because latitude will be given to Senators to express themselves on the issues as they see fit, and according to their mandate. I support Senator Walsh's amendment. My concern is about abortion techniques to be used and the related...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: The Minister would.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: No.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: The Minister has no respect for life and this legislation proves it.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Some deserve to be denigrated.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Not in Britain, they do not.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Virtuous in Britain? Nonsense. Qualified obstetricians in Britain are killing children.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: The Minister has shown no respect for this House or for the unborn.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, the Senator is referring to Professor Singer.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Táim chun an leasú sin a tharraingt siar.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Senator Harte has completely misunderstood what this amendment is about. Of course there are situations in emergencies where most doctors do their best.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Sadly, I am aware. Senator Harte needs to extend his compassion beyond his own family to those who will be affected by this legislation. The point is that there will be foreseeable situations where, at best, this legislation will involve bringing children into the world in circumstances in which they are premature, very sick and in danger of severe disability. We all know that any hospital...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 6: In page 8, line 34, and in page 9, line 1, to delete all words from and including “(being” in line 34 down to and including “practicable)” in line 1 of page 9 and substitute the following:“(being an opinion which respects the equal right to life of the unborn, and which has regard to the duty to deliver the viable unborn alive where...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: I have another that complements it.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Yes.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: The more I listen to the Minister of State the more I am bemused about what type of amendments the Government would be interested in considering. It also seems to me that the job of the Legislature is to scrutinise legislation in detail and to propose substantive amendments, not just tinkering with technical points. The more I listened to the Minister of State, the more I felt that it is...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: -----which has been deemed to constitute - please listen - a real and substantial risk to life. I do not know if Senator GIlroy is aware, but the problem is that section 9 does not confine its operation to situations where suicidal ideation derives from mental illness.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: If it did so, medics would be on very safe ground because it could be easily demonstrated that abortion would be no treatment and could be highly counterproductive. In more general terms, we know in regard to those situations where a person has autonomy and is threatening their life, that one must always believe a threat of suicide. Senator Gilroy himself and the eminent experts in suicide...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Yes.