Results 39,041-39,060 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: We had the news today of the written judgment of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice. Does the Taoiseach feel it is potentially very beneficial to Ireland and people in the UK who may want a soft Brexit or a rethink in the form of a second referendum? They are matters for the UK Government but they have an enormous influence on us. I want to know what is the Taoiseach's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: What about the Tories? They are Fine Gael's counterparts.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: I object really strongly to the provisions of section 22(2)(f), as proposed in amendment No. 43a. Are we really going to look for not just the age and marital status but the ethnicity of the people who receive services this country has democratically decided should be available to women to allow them to address and control their fertility? We had a very detailed debate in this country...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: -----than it does to Ireland in this day and age. I listened really carefully for all of last week. I did not speak at all in order to listen very carefully to the comments made by the 20 or so Deputies who have consistently sought to oppose the legislation, as their democratic right. I do not know how they thought it out, but this kind of language strikes me as being from the school of...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: On a point of order, I ask that Deputies not make telephone calls in the Chamber.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: It is the third time.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: I repeat that I absolutely accept the right of the people who are opposed to repeal of the eighth amendment to be so opposed-----

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: -----but that this language, in the context of the debate and the discussion we had in Ireland, is deeply inappropriate. It is an attempt to shame and devalue women. What is it the Deputies want to know? The amendment is not in order in terms of any Bill structure I have seen. What happens to the doctor who fails to get the correct number of miscarriages from a woman who has had multiple...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: Instead of the doctor's count of six miscarriages, what if she actually had seven? What are we talking about? The doctor will then potentially end up entering into a Kafkaesque nightmare of being technically in breach of the law. The amendment refers to ectopic pregnancies. Any doctor talking to a woman who is pregnant will go through her medical history in a respectful way - but numbers,...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: Do they want to know how much pain she felt upon and after each miscarriage? Would you cop on to yourselves and just treat women with respect and agree to withdraw this, please?

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: First, this proposal regarding the amendment is completely flawed and inoperable, as has been said by other people.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: The Deputies should give it further consideration and should consider withdrawing it. We are talking about children who become pregnant. This issue arose a lot during the debate on the repeal of the eighth amendment. The eighth amendment's powerlessness to assist a child of 12, 13, 14 or 15 years who became pregnant, either accidentally or through rape or incest, was most mentioned by...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: -----and surrounded not just by social workers and doctors but by lawyers as well. It is also very clearly designed to have a chilling effect on doctors-----

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: -----who are trying to do their best for their child patients.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: I urge the movers of the amendment to reconsider its wisdom and that the terms it proposes are legally inoperable. I urge them to withdraw the amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of history at junior cycle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50373/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff Remuneration (5 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: 63. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been in consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the outcome of the audit of pay restoration for section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43835/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): British-Irish Council (5 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: I would like to make a brief point about North-South relations in the context of what has been said about PIP assessments. I have seen the Ken Loach film mentioned. I admire Ken Loach and have seen his films during the years. The situation depicted in the film in question would never arise in Ireland. Deputies will recall that the main character had worked all of his life. He became a...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Issues (5 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the EU summit held on 25 November 2018. [50349/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Issues (5 Dec 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since the EU summit on 25 November 2018 and to the other Heads of State. [50351/18]