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- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: -----point of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is not acceptable that the Minister of State does not answer the question.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: This section states: "The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas." I do not know if the Minister of State was following the debate this morning but I raised the issue of foetal pain, which is considerable. I decided not...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am speaking on section 6. It is about the expense on the taxpayer.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Will our taxpayers be funding abortions for people coming from other jurisdictions who qualify for late-term abortions because they find they are suicidal due to a personal circumstance but it is past the term at which they could get an abortion in their home countries? That is a very legitimate question and I look forward to the reply.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: And it is.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Treatment.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I have. I want answers and that is the purpose of the debate. I am not standing here to scaremonger. I am standing here to get answers to questions.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I will let the Minister of State answer, if she would.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I shall wait to hear her answer. I have already asked the question.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I notice the technique-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I have asked a number of questions and I am waiting for an answer. I heard Senator Colm Burke introduce an answer, saying that it would not happen if someone from another jurisdiction came to Ireland as she would be sent back to her jurisdiction. There are loads of examples where that might not be right or humane. What about a foreign student studying in Ireland? A pregnancy is only nine...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Gosh, we are off again.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: No one is saying that. The Minister of State should not introduce scaremongering.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am grateful for the answer the Minister of State has given. I agree with her that the mental health of a foreign student should count just as much as a citizen and the same goes for someone on holiday. The core of the issue is that, because there are no time limits and because there are time limits in other countries, our country will be attractive to women in difficulty needing late term...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: My amendments are to sections 7 and 8. On the whole, I welcome these sections, which confirm current practice. The sections are useful in that they also clarify issues that some people did not know existed. In my amendment, I wish to substitute the word "may be" for the word "is". Section 7, which deals with the risk of loss of life from physical illness, states: "It shall be lawful to...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes, I am.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The word "is" makes it dangerous. Up to now the practice has been that should the mother's life need to be saved, that is the goal, but it may mean the unintentional taking of the baby's life. I understand that everybody is fine with that. What worries me about the wording in the section is that it makes clear that an unborn human life is ended. This is actually worse than the current...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is the Minister addressing my amendments as well?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes. Why is such a change not acceptable?