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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Before I let an Teachta Ó Cuív in, the Titles of all Bills passed by the Houses are in Irish and English. If a decision is taken, the Title could be as Gaeilge amháin and it would be translated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I think that is accepted. Deputy O'Cuiv has said he stands corrected on the issue. Does anyone else wish to contribute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It will be open to Members on Committee Stage-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It depends how it is written. I have succeeded in the past. Does anyone from the Department wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I will ask a few questions but first I thank, in particular Mr. Michael Blanch, who has been dogged in this, to the extent sometimes that the question is asked, "What now?" It is brilliant when something comes from the grassroots up. The logic is there. I do not think anyone disputes Mr. Blanch's logic. Time and again, when other things that we thought were too important came across our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We will come back to that another day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I know, and we had the argument. The Department is reviewing the decision, thank God, and it is to be hoped it will come out on the right side. The schools programme is key, and it is important it is not just in the province it is in but that it is right across the board. It is on the curriculum. I am agnostic about the military service side. It adds to some events; it detracts from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Perhaps we could have this debate on Committee Stage, if an amendment is tabled. If the Department has a compelling case, we could-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We have a locked door sourced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Táimid críochnaithe agus ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil le gach duine a ghlac páirt inniu, leis an Teachta Brophy, leis na hionadaithe ón Roinn, John Healy Uasal, Conor Falvey Uasal, leis an Ollamh Tommy Cooke, agus leis an mbeirt eile Michael Blanch Uasal agus Olivia Blanch Uasal as an gcuidiú a thug siad don choiste inniu.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We are two minutes in, a Cheann Comhairle and the Deputies opposite are calling names again. It is incredible that we cannot have a debate without calling names.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The effort to call names is to try to close down-----

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We are a couple of minutes into the debate and the name-calling, etc. has started. Just two nights ago, a Deputy was reduced to tears as a result of the level of aggression in the Chamber. Character assassination, sneering and name-calling do not constitute political debate, they represent an effort to close down discussion and censor people.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That type of behaviour should stop. One of the reasons I oppose abortion is because of its effect on minorities. Someone from a low-income family who is female and has a disability is far more likely to be aborted. Abortion is an inequality. People who do not believe that information should look at the Guttmacher Institute's website, which is a pro-choice site. It shows that minorities...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It is very clear that abortion rates have soared in respect of cases involving disability in every country that has gone down this road. Unless other Deputies think Irish people are morally superior-----

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: -----to their counterparts in Britain, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, France and Germany, the same will happen here. The only reason they could vote against an amendment such as this is because they prioritise access to abortion in all circumstances.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Why was I asked to join Fianna Fáil if the Deputy has a problem with my political past?

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Deputy Dooley asked me.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: A Cheann Comhairle, please.