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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I want to continue on the theme raised by Deputy Cullinane on the competing entitlements of the right to protest, as opposed to the right to access what is available and provided for in the Constitution separately. Two questions arise. When the procedures to date are legal-proofed and the review is advanced, will its legalities be finally checked again, just to be sure to sure? My...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Mr. O'Connor should not have missed it but however I will repeat it. With regard to the constitutionality of the existing legislation, as opposed to a competing challenge arising from the right to protest, which is the superior right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: No, I do not think it is. The primary aim of the legislation was to provide a particular service. It was very laboriously pursued in the Oireachtas by the special committee. It was an emotive issue and understandably so. There are those who want to advance, improve and liberalise it and those who want to trim it back. The information I have is that the present legislation cannot be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Can we hold this for a second?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: The next question then is, if we change the legislation in any fundamental way, do we weaken its constitutionality?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Say again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Has that been legally proofed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I accept all of that. I accept it is a separate item of legislation but it is tagging onto the previous legislation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: It is improving. Is it amending?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: How do you know?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Yes, but my question arises from those who suggest that amending legislation would not carry the same imprimaturas did the original legislation. With the original legislation, the proposals were published prior to the referendum. Because of this, the people voted on the basis of the information made available. They were told this is what the proposal meant and what it would mean in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Or vice versa.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: My question remains. In the event of there being a conflict-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: -----between the right to protest-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: With regard to the right to protest versus the rights as envisaged under the legislation, existing or proposed, whose rights will prevail?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: This question is being taken by Deputy Leddin.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2022)
Bernard Durkan: We have a number of supplementary contributors now; four in number.