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Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: On a point of order, with all due respect, we do not know the details of what happened to the woman in question.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I do not know what it is called, but we do not know what happened.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: We do not know what happened, as Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill knows.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: She does not know either.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Senator Walsh accused the Government of acting in a cavalier manner.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I commend the Minister on this important legislation. I thank and pay tribute to his officials for the efforts they have shown. This has been a particularly difficult Bill to get right. On a day when the House finds itself in a confused state, the consensus on the Bill is worth noting. The House recognises the importance of this kind of legislation, that it is a part of the Government's...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I agree with Senator Bacik in respect of her comments on cycling. The Senator is a keen cyclist and perhaps she would come to County Sligo and avail of the facilities it has to offer to cyclists. In the past two to three years Sligo County Council has invested a great deal in order to encourage people to cycle there and this has made a remarkable difference. The Minister of State at the...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Minister did not confirm it.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: There is no evidence of that.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: -----and as a consequence committed suicide six months later. She left a note saying why she had committed suicide.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is not a treatment.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: That matter is quite clear. The Minister for Health has said here that we are legislating for what is already happening. Therefore, the many doctors, nurses, midwives who have had to deal with terminations for women whose lives were at rick have had the training. They will continue to have the appropriate training for that need. To suggest somehow that this is a whole new thing that is...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I am twisting nothing.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Senator has shown a lack of respect for women whose lives might genuinely be at a real or substantial risk. That is what we are legislating for.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: We are not legislating for anything else.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Senator Ó Domhnaill knows what we are legislating for.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Senator Ó Domhnaill's idea and use of the expression is a scare mongering tactic. It has no basis in reality, regarding the legislation, unless he did not listen to the Minister when he was here.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: The workers are not little people. They are equal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: In light of the fact that the figures are not captured, as IBEC has told us, is there a way in which that might now be done? It is a fair point for the future. I do not know whose responsibility it is.