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

Mattie McGrath: No.

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

Mattie McGrath: Can I continue? It was said we had notions in our heads and that we were dreaming up these amendments. Deputy Harty pointed out that they might be on the wrong sections.

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

Mattie McGrath: I do not believe they are, but I was interrupted.

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

Mattie McGrath: We have given careful consideration to these amendments. We tabled a limited number and we are not coercing anybody to do anything. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for protecting our right to speak. Some would like to silence us.

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

Mattie McGrath: Not to look at it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Funding (29 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Two for the price of one.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: As happens in most Topical Issue debates now, with no disrespect to the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Catherine Byrne, the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, has just left the building. He was here five minutes ago and he has just walked away, even though this Topical Issue Matter was down. I demand that the Minister for Health provide immediate clarification...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I asked the people in charge of older care and they reassured me by telephone. However, I wrote to them and they did not reply in writing. That is why there are worries. I want to allay fears; not create them. I thank the people who contacted me. They have the interests of the people of Carrick-on-Suir and the surrounding area in County Waterford and into County Kilkenny at heart. I...

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I also disagree with the proposal. This type of legislation is important for local government and local government reform. I know the Minister of State is not the same person as his former colleague, Mr. Hogan, to whom Deputy Grealish referred. Galway should not be tacked on to this Bill, as previous speakers have said, that is so ravaging and damaging to Cork. I can speak from my...

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

Mattie McGrath: Are we allowed to?

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

Mattie McGrath: Amendments Nos. 43a and 43b seek to provide for what we understand to be the most important elements of data gathering and notification with respect to termination of pregnancies. This is totally in line with data recording as it exists in the UK at present and with the requirements sought by most pro-abortion organisations, such as the Guttmacher Institute. We understand the view that the...

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

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am quite sad about the way we are being treated here. We are entitled to research and table amendments for the right reasons and for compassionate reasons. Just because people want to hide and cover up, they behave as they do. They talk about England all the time. The attacks by Deputy O'Connell and others, including Deputy Bríd Smith, are an effort on their part to get the...

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

Mattie McGrath: It is supposed to be a democracy.

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

Mattie McGrath: On a point of clarification-----

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

Mattie McGrath: We are on amendments Nos. 41 to 44, inclusive. Amendment No. 43a was the one amendment submitted. The Bills Office made it into two amendments and not us. I am not questioning why.

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

Mattie McGrath: That is irrelevant. The Minister will not even talk to them.

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

Mattie McGrath: I move:In page 15, line 16, to delete “out.” and substitute the following: “out; (e) any information required to be included in the notification under section 16(4).”.

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

Mattie McGrath: I move amendment No. 43a:In page 15, line 16, to delete “out.” and substitute the following:“out; (e) the address at which the termination of pregnancy was carried out; (f) the age, marital status, ethnicity, gravidity and parity (including the numbers of any previous pregnancies resulting in live births, stillbirths over 24 weeks, spontaneous miscarriages, ectopic...

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

Mattie McGrath: I move amendment No. 43b:In page 15, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(7) A medical practitioner who wilfully or recklessly contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence. (8) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable--(a) on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months,...

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

Mattie McGrath: I move amendment No. 44:In page 15, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: "Provision of foetal ultrasound imaging and auscultation of foetal heart tone 23.(1) At least 24 hours before the carrying out of a termination of pregnancy the relevant medical practitioner or a qualified person assisting the relevant medical practitioner shall perform ultrasound imaging of the foetus...