Results 761-780 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: That is not section 7.
- Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: They might change their minds after hearing the Senator.
- Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Apart from Fianna Fáil destroying the country.
- Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Bring forward a referendum to abolish the Labour Party.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: A risk.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Correct.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: The present leader of Fianna Fáil disagrees with him.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Why?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: The legislation proposes that an abortion shall be lawful to save the life of a woman where doctors, in their reasonable opinion, believe that the risk can only be averted by that procedure. The word "only" is the one I am emphasising here. We are all agreed that section 8 relates to those awful situations which sometimes occur where a termination is necessary. There are certain syndromes...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: What about a situation where pulmonary hypertension is present and the mother's life is threatened with immediate effect? Senators might wish to consult the website of the Mayo Clinic for information on what I am referring to here. In such cases, even when rapid and immediate medical treatment is given, the outcomes are not always life-saving. In the case of pulmonary hypertension and...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: In fact, he and I have common ground on this particular point. Let us now take that argument and apply it to section 9, which refers to the risk of suicide. We have heard a great deal of talk about the threat of suicide, but what we are actually dealing with here is risk of suicide.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Amendment No. 16 relates to it. If we accept that suicidal risk is a legitimate grounds for termination then we accept the legitimacy of section 9; otherwise, we do not. I would contend that the difference between me and those who do not share my view relates essentially to our respective attitudes to mental health. Efforts to separate out the risk of suicide ground are a clear pointer to...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: It is even worse if a psychiatrist said it because it indicates a paternalistic approach to psychiatric and mental health care which should have gone out with the straitjacket and walled asylums. One's position on this provision is very insightful in that it gives a good idea of where one stands vis-à-vis mental health and whether one believes mental illness is a real illness. I have...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: I am referring to amendment No. 16.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: Even if I did not believe that, it is the position set out in our Constitution. Those who hold a contrary position have little choice but to seek out a referendum to appeal the section. They should bear in mind, of course, that the people of Ireland have already spoken twice on this issue. There can be no doubt about the constitutional position. The bottom line is that those who would...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: There are sensitivities around the victim.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: -----we do not refer by name to any individual or otherwise identify them in the House. That is a Standing Order and Senator Jim Walsh is doing just that.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)
John Gilroy: It is a point of order.