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- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 33:In page 15, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:"Dignified Disposal of Foetal Remains 23.(1) The bodily remains of a foetus who has been the subject of a termination of pregnancy carried out by surgical means shall be disposed of only by way of: (a) burial in a burial ground for the purposes of section 44 of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: I hope to speak to it, if that is okay.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: Much of that two and a half hours was rí-rá agus ruaille buaille that we had certainly nothing to do with.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: Me too.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: Amendment No. 33 was discussed the other evening. It has to do with the dignified disposal of foetal remains. On the other evening here, I dwelt on our tradition of respect for the dead and how important that is and always has been in the human experience. In many ways, this amendment is made necessary in the tragic situation of a law that excludes a vulnerable and invisible cohort within...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 31:In page 15, line 25, to delete "2011." and substitute the following:"2011; "pharmacist" means a person whose name is for the time being registered in the register of pharmacists established under section 13 of the pharmacy Act 2007.".
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 32:In page 15, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:""medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who is for the time being registered in the register or a person who is studying or training to qualify or work as a medical practitioner.".
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 30:In page 15, to delete lines 13 to 16.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: The trouble is that many people in the constituency in which Senator Reilly resides, and indeed in other constituencies, would not feel comfortable approaching Government figures at this stage because they do not feel listened to or appreciated.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: In fact, they feel spoken down to.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: At least Senator Norris has a track record of surprising people with his independent thinking on occasions, even if he is - in my view - completely wrong-headed on this issue. What we have had from the Government has been a culture of arrogance and spin right from the get-go.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: It should come as no surprise to anybody that learn that pharmacists, midwives and nurses do not trust the Minister-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: -----or, indeed, his predecessor, Senator Reilly.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: It should not come as a surprise.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: A great deal has been said about trust during this debate. Frankly, the Government has destroyed trust in ways I have demonstrated several times over the past couple of-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: Senator Bacik stated earlier that she and her colleagues had listened in dignified and respectful silence. At the point when she said that, it was mostly true. There had been just a few eruptions over the preceding days. However, there have been more eruptions in the past few minutes, as we are coming to the end of this debate, than there were in all of our debates up to now. I have just...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: We know who that child is and she is beautiful.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: Nuair a bheidh an páiste sin i dteideal vótála, tá súil agam-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: -----go mbeidh rotha mór an tsaoil casta agus go mbeidh sí ar ais ar mo thaobhse le formhór muintir na hÉireann.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Rónán Mullen: I hope that when that lovely child is in a position to vote, Ireland will again have moved to a better place. I hope she will be on my side of the argument in wanting to protect all human life.