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- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: There are specific rules that require us to speak to the amendments. It is not about giving everyone an opportunity.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: No, they have not, actually.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: They have not.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I was given two seconds.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I would like to contribute as I have not yet spoken.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 17:In page 10, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:“(5) Subsections (3)and (4)shall not apply where the medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1)is of the reasonable opinion, formed in good faith that, during the time period referred to insubsection (3), the pregnant woman is likely to be subject to a threat to her life or health, arising...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: It is.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 18:In page 10, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(5) Subsections (3)and (4)shall not apply where the pregnant woman concerned has previously been the subject of arrangements for the transfer of care in accordance with section 22(3)in respect of the pregnancy concerned.”.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: Senator Mullen has spoken for ten minutes on an amendment which proposes to add an "s" to the end of the word "matter".
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: Two of my amendments are to this section, namely, amendments Nos. 17 and 18. I welcome the few hours we spent with the Minister and doctors yesterday. This is one of the areas on which I have been persuaded a little, whereas I was not convinced by the argument against deleting the word "serious". It is important that these important points are not debated in rooms elsewhere. It is better...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 5:In page 8, line 25, after “avert” to insert “or mitigate”.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: As a member of the committee, and although I respect Dr. Peter Boylan and should have gone back over his contributions at the committee hearings, I definitely feel there was enough medical advice given during the hearings by various medical practitioners that the word "serious" is not necessary and is, in fact, a problem. If the amendment is to be pressed, I will definitely be supporting it.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: Senator Ó Domhnaill should take that back.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: No, I am okay.
- Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: We would not know. It would not make any difference.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Lynn Ruane: We have tabled five amendments in this group which all relate to access to terminations in early pregnancy. My main concern is the three-day waiting period and the way in which pregnancies will be dated. Amendment No. 29 would allow the three-day wait to start from the moment a woman requests the appointment with the medical practitioner. Amendment No. 31 would allow for the three-day...