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Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Deputy-----

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Deputy, please-----

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Deputy Kelleher, please.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Excuse me, Deputy Kelleher, please. If you do not mind, I am trying to chair this. If you could-----

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Could you keep to the contents of the Bill? This is not a personal attack on anyone in the room. It is a debate on the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill. That is what it should be on.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I did indeed. I called on the Minister and I am calling on you to have a little respect for the Chair.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: Thank you.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: The Deputy has two minutes remaining.

Topical Issue Debate: Charity Clothes Bank Thefts (16 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this matter and I thank the Minister, Deputy Shatter, for attending personally. This matter was raised in the Chamber during the Order of Business but today I wish to speak about how it is affecting legitimate small businesses and charities in the community I represent. I wish to speak specifically about Liberties Recycling, Training and...

Topical Issue Debate: Charity Clothes Bank Thefts (16 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister for his response and welcome that he has requested a report from the Garda Commissioner on the activities of gangs. These charities are not getting their fair share of the profit. Has a timeframe been set for the completion of the report and, in the meantime, has the Garda made any suggestions on secure clothing banks? Is the Minister willing to meet representatives of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the delegation for attending the committee this morning, particularly the Minister. What about the treatment of women who are suicidal and decide to continue with the pregnancy? Will there be a process to help them along? Could the delegation explain what that treatment might involve? Many people have asked me about the proposed head 4. When someone presents herself as suicidal,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the panel for their expertise, observations and suggested amendments. In practical terms one must consider the situation of where a woman goes if she finds herself pregnant. Where does one go, who does one contact and how does one make the initial contact? I put the question to the GPs. Senator van Turnhout asked one of the questions I wished to ask. Do general practitioners...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: This morning I looked at the logo for the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland - wisdom, learning and compassion - and those are what this Bill is about. We must have the wisdom to make the right decisions, the learning skills to listen to witnesses and above all, we must all have compassion. Unfortunately this is not about the lovely, beautiful 4,000 women who go to England every year. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: My questions have been asked already. I want to make one or two remarks. I found the witnesses' comments interesting and sometimes disturbing. I came here to listen and to learn. That is my job at the hearings. There is nothing dark and cynical in this room. We have been at the hearings since Friday, which will continue until tomorrow, to listen to everybody's side of the story and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: This Bill is about conscience and the judgment we will make having listened to the evidence over the course of the committee's hearings. The witnesses are all experts in medical law. I ask them to answer with a "Yes" or "No" to be helpful to me and others outside the proceedings. Will the passing of the Bill result in widespread termination of pregnancies? Will the Bill legalise the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I find it very difficult to stand up and question people who are very intelligent and knowledgeable about the law. It is difficult for me as a layperson to take in all that is being said, and I mean that with greatest of respect to the witnesses. I had to undergo surgery a few months ago and I had to sign a consent form. I signed it in good faith believing that when I was wheeled down to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I wish to raise two issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I am always brief. Dr. Craven referred to good faith. It may be a lay term and it may be old-fashioned, but I have relied on it for all my life, as have many ordinary people. It is in good faith that we trust daily - when we take a bus to work, when we cycle or when we put our names on lists for operations. I thank Dr. Fletcher for her answer. I raised my point because my understanding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I did not mean to say "ethics". I was looking for "expertise".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for making it clear this evening in his closing statement what these heads of Bill are about. The time is right for this Bill. We have seen it over the past three days. It has been a privilege to be here. I have been proud to be in the Chamber with Members, those on the committee and those who are not. I have been moved and touched by many statements that...