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Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Constitution is clear: the second a person is born they become a citizen. Does the Minister agree with that principle?

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Article 40.3. 2° of the Constitution states: "The State shall, in particular, by its laws protect as best it may from unjust attack and, in the case of injustice done, vindicate the life, [and] person,...of every citizen." In fact, there is an onus on us to follow the Constitution which includes the phrase "by its laws protect". From the beginning, the amendment has sought to do exactly...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I hate to have to do so but I want to disassociate myself from the very personal comment made by my Fianna Fáil colleague, Deputy Thomas Byrne, because the one thing we need in this debate is respect and we should all be big enough, on any side of the House, to listen and to respect people's views. On the other hand, the exposition by Deputy Kelleher was excellent. He was honest....

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----the eighth amendment, and quite legitimately. Those of us who are in the minority now can represent that minority of 33% and continue to try to persuade people that human life should be preserved. It is our right and we should be respected, just as in 1983, 1989 or any other time, I never said that people did not have the right not to fight on to upturn it because the people had...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On that matter, the Deputies who did most of the talking last night are those who profess to be in a hurry to get this Bill through.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Do not be a hypocrite.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I must take exception to what Deputy Coppinger said about the proposers of the amendment when she ascribed motives to them that were unworthy. Mentioning them by name was totally unacceptable. Most of us who do not agree with the Deputy's view of the world have always respected that view, and have always said if someone has a different view and believes it sincerely we will respect him or...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I did not say the Deputy did. I was speaking generally. Unlike the Deputy, I did not name people.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy did the naming. She cast aspersions as to the motives behind the amendment.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will proceed when I have the floor. Funnily enough, based on what Deputy Donnelly said last night and on what I understand, although I would like confirmation from the Minister, the Minister agrees with the basic thesis of the amendment. As far as I understand from what he and Deputy Donnelly said, it will be illegal to have an abortion beyond 12 weeks on the basis of race, sex or...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not want to hold things up unnecessarily with repetition, so I would like to put on the record that I agree with the position put forward by Deputies Curran and Butler.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is the way it used to be. That is only a new invention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree with Senator Warfield on that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have been intimately involved with this from the beginning. The question that arises today is how best to have a Famine commemoration. To my knowledge, there is no opposition to having a Famine commemoration, so I do not think there is any danger of a Government saying we would not have one. A much more fundamental question arises in terms of whether one just does it or whether one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Basically, the Deputy is saying we will have it, which I do not think anybody is disputing. He said the second Sunday presented a difficulty but that he was agreeable to the third, which is fine. Then we have the military and interfaith service, about which there is no problem. Then the Bill states the central venue for the commemoration "shall be designated by the Taoiseach". The problem...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The problem is that we cannot table an amendment to that effect because it will be read as imposing a financial burden on the Exchequer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the Department does not put it on a statutory footing, it is to a certain extent taking the power away from the committee that is, de facto, there at present because no one would dream of doing without it. The Minister can baldly make a decision on it - it is being suggested the Taoiseach can make a statement and a decision, and good luck to him - and there is no mention of any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Through the Chairman, one of the problems-----