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- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: The lists are going up.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I will write to the Leader and I thank him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank both Ms Logan and Professor Mullally for their presentations. I found them extremely helpful and informative. In what way is the criminalisation of abortion a barrier to achieving adequate human rights standards?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: Have other countries been before the European Cout orf Human Rights on access to abortion? If so, can the commission discuss the findings and the reasoning behind them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: This is my last question. Given what the IHREC representatives have said to us today, can they sum up what they believe to be Ireland's legal obligations now under human rights law with regard to this issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. In the spirit of keeping it real, will Ms Zampas discuss the 12 women who go to Britain each day for abortions? I am conscious that no after-care services are provided in Ireland for those women. Will she speak to us about this topic and the implications for those women who travel each day? With respect, I find Professor Binchy’s...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: To be fair, most people would disagree with Professor Binchy’s definition that human life effectively begins at conception. That is not something with which most people with common sense would agree. For Professor Binchy to equate that with people who have been born, it frankly does not make sense on common sense grounds. It is an extreme position. Professor Binchy did not answer...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I hear the answer. I wanted to get that answer to demonstrate that, frankly, Professor Binchy's views do appear to be extreme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: There are stark choices facing women every day, unfortunately, because of the laws as they are.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I am conscious of time. Will Ms Zampas answer the other question on aftercare and the impacts on women?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: Yes, exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I suspect that because women have to go abroad, in reality, many of them do not receive aftercare.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: My God.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I wish to raise the issue of education in the broadest sense and to call for a debate on funding. As Members will know, the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, will march today for education funding and I look forward to joining the march. Students already face very unreasonable fees and there is the threat of student loans. It is important that we recognise that student loans have not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Tánaiste for her presentation. I wish to make a simple, last point on the ConnectIreland issue. Will the Tánaiste confirm that IDA Ireland is open to arbitration or mediation on this issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I am curious about the Enterprise Ireland situation and I am glad to hear that it has made some hires in the past months. Will the Tánaiste tell the committee where the overall employment for Enterprise Ireland stands now, as a comparison to 2012? I understand there was an exodus of key skills around that time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: No problem. I appreciate that it is a specific question.