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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: How many pregnancies over 24 weeks are terminated in a year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: A very small number. We have a tradition here in Ireland where children with Down's syndrome are perhaps more cherished than in many other countries. We are very proud of our international Special Olympics. Many people testify to the joy that Down's syndrome children bring into their lives and how the children change their lives in a positive way. There has been much concern and debate...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Some 90%? I thank Professor Pajkrt. She refers, going through the guidelines of the general considerations, to asking if the pregnancy has been correctly dated with a scan and that, in case of doubt, a scan should be performed. The guidelines state that when referring for a scan, it should be mentioned whether it is an undesirable pregnancy. Many people in this country, not just people of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Surely the woman should be given the straight option of seeing the scan? It might save a life.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Abortion rates in the Netherlands are somewhere between two and three times our rate, depending on how one counts them. Is it not the case that the system is to provide abortion on request? Professor Pajkrt pitches it with regard to emergencies, but is anybody ever refused an abortion? Does she have figures on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: What Professor Pajkrt is really talking about-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Is it not fair to say that nobody really claims that abortion is a light decision? Most people who speak about this issue, whether they see two lives to protect or just one, will acknowledge that this is a crisis. The last speaker in before Professor Pajkrt, yesterday evening, was a person who opposes abortion and has a child with severe disability. She spoke empathically about how every...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Yes. Do the witnesses acknowledge that is the stark truth of their position?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Even though-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I have to confess that I would certainly need more than five minutes to go through the various allegations, implications and inaccurate assertions I have heard in this session alone. I will try my best to address the main points, which is that this committee has hastily but all too belatedly convened a session because it knows that the cat is out of the bag about the flawed processes and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I will resume this at a later date if that is possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I do not want to hold up our guests. We have a guest who wants to go to the airport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I would need at least twice as much of the time I have used to speak so far, so I would favour a more extended debate on this issue. I am happy to oblige the Chairman and the guest who must get to the airport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I have a question for the Chairman. I actually did a lot of preparation for this meeting and even when I am not present in the room I am willing to bet with my colleague across the floor that I am every bit as informed of the issues raised by witnesses as he himself is. Leaving that aside, however, I wish to ask the Chairman if she intends to return to this at a later point or whether I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I never denied that the Chairman had a difficult job but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I want to ask a question. This is unfair. The Chairman called a meeting to discuss whether there was bias. It adds another instance of bias if we are not able to deal-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I have a list of evidence. This is why we had a press conference in the first instance. One cannot tease out matters at this committee. The debate slows down the minute everyone has-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: We all need as much time as we need.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I do not begrudge anyone else his or her time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: May I say something?