Results 4,781-4,800 of 14,388 for speaker:Clare Daly
- 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)
Clare Daly: I know what Professor Binchy is saying. There is no recognised right to life before birth in international treaties.
- 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)
Clare Daly: In that context, Professor Binchy said the stark choice facing this committee amounted to the option of wide-ranging abortion. Would he not agree that Ireland has an abortion rate pretty much the same as other countries in which abortion is freely available? In actual fact, the question is whether people can access an abortion service at home or, as is the case under the present status quo...
- 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)
Clare Daly: I find that interesting. I do not want to engage too much with Professor Binchy but I have one last question and I would appreciate if he dealt with it quickly. The Professor talked about equality earlier. When he was campaigning for a "No" vote in the marriage equality referendum, he stated: "True equality never requires the pretence that two relationships with different capacity are the...
- 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)
Clare Daly: It is attributed to Professor Binchy, but on his point on-----
- 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)
Clare Daly: I do, but on Professor Binchy's substantial point-----
- 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)
Clare Daly: It does say that, yes.
- 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)
Clare Daly: It is quoted in an article on marriage equality, but I think Professor Binchy is trying to deflect.
- 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)
Clare Daly: Okay.
- 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)
Clare Daly: For the purposes of today I will say that professor did not say that. I will say that it was my mistake, even though I know it was not. Will the witness answer the question I asked 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)
Clare Daly: In Professor Binchy's opinion, is the life of a born woman equal to that of a foetus when there is a conflict of rights?
- 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)
Clare Daly: If Professor Binchy wishes we can certainly do that. We can exchange quotes later on. I notice that none of his contribution was referenced but we can deal with that now. We are trying to develop guidance for changing our legislation. I would like to ask a question of Ms Zampas. International human rights law is evolving all the time. Our challenge here is to change our law to be in...
- 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)
Clare Daly: Would it be fair to say that reasons-based legislation is increasingly out of kilter with international best practice from the point of view of complicating access? Would it be fair to say that the starting point is the issue of accessing health care services? I believe that the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission was of the view that this should be looked at from a health point of view.
- 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)
Clare Daly: In the context of access to safe abortion in Ireland, the option of travel, which was used before, is clearly insufficient.
- 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)
Clare Daly: It is insufficient from the point of view of vindicating women's rights.
- 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)
Clare Daly: The option to travel is insufficient. That only some women have the option to travel introduces an extra discriminatory provision.
- 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)
Clare Daly: I wish to clarify something Professor Binchy said. We must be evidence-based. Is the quote attributed to Professor Binchy?
- 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)
Clare Daly: It is attributed to two of his colleagues as well. It was a press statement for the group of senior lawyers, including Professor Binchy, Patrick Treacy and Shane Murphy, in the Lawyers for No group campaign in the marriage referendum. It is a direct quote which was covered in CatholicIreland.net. I point that out for the purpose of clarity.
- 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)
Clare Daly: That is no problem.
- 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)
Clare Daly: On a point of accuracy, because when inaccuracies are said, they should be-----
- 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)
Clare Daly: -----corrected, Senator Mullen mentioned the figure of 100,000 from Northern Ireland and said the Advertising Standards Authority had upheld it as accurate. What it actually said was that it upheld the ad on the basis that people would realise it was an estimate and not a statistically accurate fact, so it was actually making the opposite point to the Senator's.