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- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: Come on now.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: He is giving a Second Stage speech.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: For 21 years-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: We are saving the lives of women.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: And do the right thing by the women of Ireland.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: What did I do?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: You are a disgrace. Do not mind him, a Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: I am struggling to understand the intent behind these amendments. Perhaps the Minister of State will provide some clarification in respect of them. The amendments relate to the judgments which medical professionals and practitioners will make in respect of situations where women's lives will be in danger. Amendment No. 6 suggests that the phrase "being an opinion which respects the equal...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: What of the public interest directors?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: I welcome Senator Hildegarde Naughton to the House. I congratulate her on her new role and wish her well in the years ahead. It is okay to admit it when one is wrong. We saw this at the weekend in the comments by Mr. Ashoka Mody, one of the architects of Ireland's bailout programme and the resulting austerity agenda under which so many people have suffered in the course of six budgets in...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: It is disingenuous to assert that people's support for this section is because of ideology. Many Senators who have different social and political ideologies on a range of issues support this section because it is concerned with the reality for women. This situation happens and we have a responsibility to deal with those women's circumstances. I wish to provide some clarity about what the...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: Some people do. The Senator may not.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: The previous comment reaffirms my earlier point that there are a small number of Senators who are entitled to their view but who believe under no circumstances should a termination be permissible even if a woman’s life is in danger.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: That is my interpretation of what some Senators have said.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: It is through the use of your language.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: That is my interpretation from the contributions I have heard.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: It is not disingenuous at all. There is a lot of smoke and mirrors being played here. Members are referring to lacunae, creating the impression there is some hidden agenda in the Bill with no legal protections for medical practitioners. I have so far listened for three hours to the debate on this issue. The Minister has said umpteen times that there is no hidden agenda. The Bill is...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: I am responding to some of the comments made.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: I have no intention of raising that issue at all. I am very reluctant to speak but I want to make one comment on these amendments. The previous speaker said that he was not happy with the words “good faith”. Several Senators have said this several times. They then go on to say that they do not want to call into question the decision-making capacity of any medical...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
David Cullinane: There are people who hold that view and they are entitled to hold that view but that is what is at the heart of some people's arguments here. This is very clear-cut and page 8 of the Bill carries the heading "Risk of loss of life from physical illness". That is what we are talking about in these amendments and the words are very clear.