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Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 6:In page 8, line 23, to delete “serious”. The amendment seeks to remove the word "serious" from the provision dealing with the risk of harm to a woman seeking a termination of pregnancy. The Minister stated in regard to the previous grouping of amendments that he does not wish to take a risk on terms that are clinically uncertain or ambiguous. There is...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I agree with Senators Gavan and Marie-Louise O'Donnell. Much more needs to be answered. Why do we need to put the word "serious" before "harm"? I find it puzzling and difficult to understand, and I have not heard anything to convince me otherwise. I understand the Minister is not for turning on it and, therefore, it is good that it will not be closely defined in the legislation if it must...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move recommendation No. 11:In page 146, after line 36, to insert the following:“Gender and Equality Proofing of Taxation and Expenditure 64. The Minister shall ensure a comprehensive gender and equality proofing of Budget 2020 is conducted to include both taxation and expenditure.”. This recommendation aims to ensure that a full gender and equality proofing exercise is...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: It is very heartening that there is a framework and advisory group, but when will the exercise take place? That is the point of the recommendation. I have not been persuaded by the remarks of the Minister of State. I am disappointed that he cannot set a date and give a firm commitment on the matter.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move recommendation No. 12:In page 146, after line 36, to insert the following:“Sustainable Development Report 64.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report assessing the impact of the Finance Act 2018 on the progressive implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal 10, including target 10.1,...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I am disappointed with the Minister of State's response. We really need clear sight of the impact of budgetary measures on sustaining income growth for the bottom 40%. I absolutely understand the focus on jobs and the need for employment but there is such a group as the working poor, particularly in the context of very high rents. The Minister of State says we must examine cumulative...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move recommendation No. 13:In page 146, after line 36, to insert the following: "Report on impact of Irish Real Estate Investment Funds on residential property prices 64. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay beforeboth Houses of the Oireachtas a report on—(a) the impact of Irish Real Estate Funds and the Real Estate Investment Trusts...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I am glad there will be a report forthcoming on this matter. The effect of these measures is tax forgone. That is money we could spend on other things, such as social housing, and on housing measures to address the crisis we are experiencing. I worked for Cork Simon Community for many years. In 2009, we were able to say there was no rough sleeping in the city. Look at how things have...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move recommendation No. 16:In page 146, after line 36, to insert the following: "Report on re-introduction of trade union tax relief 64. The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on—(a) the impact of trade union membership, based on comparative examples, statistics and case studies across a...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I am disappointed with the response of the Minister of State. I was not in the Chamber for the response of the Minister of State on the tax relief for golf clubs. While I would not ban them, I would not have thought they were making as much of a contribution to the common good as trade union membership. I work with people from the trade union movement on housing and the need for a...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I am speaking in support of amendments Nos. 30 and 32. I have not spoken to a single community provider - a GP, the Irish Family Planning Association, IFPA, or Well Woman centres - who view section 10 on risk to life or health in an emergency as a mechanism they can use to waive the waiting period in certain scenarios or living circumstances. It will be interpreted as applying to urgent...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 27:In page 10, line 4, to delete “carried out” and substitute “initiated”.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: On a point of order, we are going over the same arguments. The point is practical but we are going over the same ground.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 3:In page 8, line 23, to delete "serious". There are very strong and persuasive arguments in favour of deleting the word "serious" from the Bill.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: As Senator Gavan said, these reasons were well aired and argued in the course of the work of the committee on the eighth amendment. The risk or threat of harm to a woman should be a high enough threshold for her to get access to the abortion she needs — full stop. I know, however, that the Minister is not for turning on this matter on foot of legal advice. He set that out quite...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 19:In page 11, line 24, to delete “serious”.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: On a point of information, Senator Ó Domhnaill quoted Dr. Mary Favier, who is a member of the START group of doctors in Cork, which said in a position paper it produced in October that "Ultrasound or serum hCG will not be required for the majority" of early medical abortions. Dr. Favier is a signatory to the paper, which makes it clear that "the literature does not support routine...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Dr. Favier is one of many doctors who are signatories to the report.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Women have been waiting 35 years for this legislation. Let us get on with this very important work. If we need to suspend the House, we should suspend it to allow us compose ourselves.