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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Of course, I attended it; I am a member.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: When will we get the opportunity to ask a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will desist for the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their enlightened contributions. If legislation is introduced for termination of pregnancy in line with the X case, including where the risk to the mother's life comes from her own threat of suicide, will it increase the number of abortions or change medical practice in any way? Abortion has never been considered an appropriate treatment for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome our guests and thank them for coming and giving their views. In particular I thank the medical professionals. I am also disappointed the IMO has not come before the committee but at least it was invited. Others were not invited and are not happy. The IFPA website states it believes abortion is an aspect of private life and has to do with reproductive rights. It also states it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Let it answer the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I also welcome the guests and thank them for their contributions. Is the basic proposition not that there is a separation of powers in the Constitution that does not allow the Supreme Court to direct the Oireachtas to legislate on any topic in a given manner and, thus, the Oireachtas can consider new medical evidence, and current medical thinking and disagree with the X case judgment? Does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their enlightened contributions. I refer to the document from the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference, which states: The recent decision by Government to introduce legislation, with regulations, in line with the judgment of the Supreme Court in the X case has brought the future of this highly effective two-patient approach in to serious doubt. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the guests and thank them for their offerings and wise words. Some witnesses who appeared before the committee on previous days referred to the C case, which dates from 1996 or 1997 and which involved a young girl who was taken into care by the authorities and was brought to Britain for an abortion, allegedly because she was suicidal. Is Dr. Ó Domhnaill in possession of any...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I wish the Ceann Comhairle a happy new year. I hope we will have good interaction while I am in this position.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I want to raise an issue of great importance to the public, both rural and urban. I sympathise with all the victims of crime in recent times. We are dealing with gangland crime in the cities and it featured in my town quite recently. In recent weeks, especially, there have been attacks on elderly people and families in rural and urban areas. I do not blame the Tánaiste for the...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Minister-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will put it to the Tánaiste.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I did not hear what the Deputy said.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I express sympathy to the victims of all these crimes and wonder if these crimes would have occurred if the victims' savings had been safe in the banks or credit unions. People's money, however, is not safe anywhere with the Tánaiste's policies. I ask the Tánaiste and the Government to consider launching a public information and awareness campaign on security and on the matter, as...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I acknowledge the Tánaiste's praise for Muintir Na Tíre. As a former member of its board, I am aware it has 1,300 Community Alert groups throughout the country. I am a member since 1986. I support An Garda Síochána, but it cannot work without the tools of the trade. The Tánaiste referred to Operation Fiacla. The Garda must have gone to the dentist and lost all its...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Morale is seriously low in An Garda Síochána. Will the Tánaiste speak to the Garda Commissioner about this because the real story is not getting to the top echelons or across to the Minister for Justice and Equality?

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I understand from the Tánaiste's answer to Deputy Micheál Martin that the Cabinet had information on the meat scare. Food production is of great importance to the economy and Harvest 2020. What efforts will the Government make to ensure traceability of the most minute ingredients in the food supply chain? We saw what happened some years ago with a previous scare and know the...

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I hope there will be legislation to deal with this issue.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will not scaremonger on the issue.