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Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: I will conclude in two minutes. Do I have time remaining, Acting Chairman?

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution protects the life of the unborn. I would not support any watering down or attempted removal of that Article under any circumstances. I understand such removal is a policy goal of the Labour Party. It is not a position shared by me or by my party. When Fianna Fáil in government brought forward a referendum proposal in 2002 to address this...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: This Government will not acknowledge the lies that were told to its predecessor by Anglo Irish Bank. If Fine Gael had been in government at the time, it would have been lied to in exactly the same fashion.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: It is the same in the debate on the termination of pregnancies, the Fine Gael Party can never stick to the facts.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: The Fianna Fáil Party submitted a freedom of information request on this matter and we received volumes of files, most of them redacted. For members of this Government to come in here and claim there are no files is a complete lie.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: They should show some respect instead of going around like political thugs and boot boys with their sleveen type accusations.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: They should have some respect for Members of this House. The body politic was lied to by the bankers. Members of the Government have plenty of experience in banking themselves. If they were in government they would have been lied to in the same way.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: I am responding to what the Minister said. He and his colleagues should stop going around in a dictatorial fashion declaring that what happened is the fault of everybody else. They have tried to establish a political kangaroo hanging shop, but it will not work.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: I advise the Government to learn from the manner in which the debate on this Bill has been conducted and show some respect for people. The arrogance on the benches opposite is out of control.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister is not here long enough to speak about that. He came here in 2007, just as I did. He is not around the place long enough to talk about the arrogance of others.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: Arrogance is coming in here and seeking to establish a political kangaroo court. Arrogance is coming in here and misleading the country with claims of there being no files or records in regard to what happened with Anglo Irish Bank.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: I have concluded.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: I welcome this opportunity to speak on the Government's Bill. I have said from the start that Fianna Fáil will not treat this issue as a political football as it is very complex, sensitive and personal. All sections of this Bill were thoroughly debated at the Oireachtas committee hearings and there was substantial input from legal, medical and psychiatric experts. Abortion has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Relations Issues (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: 40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Labour Relations Commission recommendation that Dublin Bus drivers’ overtime and holiday payments be cut, as well as the number of sick leave days, in order for the company to achieve a required €11.7 million in savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31057/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on plans for a second level school (details supplied) in Dublin 24, detailing the schedule being followed; if he will confirm his plans for the management of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31195/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the National Council for Special Education took three months from the March closing date for applications in respect of special needs assistants to announce their decisions; if he appreciates the wide-spread concern being expressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31246/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Censorship of Publications (26 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: 155. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the number of publications referred to the Censorship of Publications Board per annum since 2000; the number of publications prohibited per annum since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30893/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Censorship of Publications (26 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: 156. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of members on the board of the Censorship of Publications Board in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and the total costs of the board per annum in those years. [30894/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Censorship of Publications (26 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: 157. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of members on the board of the Censorship of Publications Appeals Board in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and the total costs of the board per annum in those years. [30895/13]

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: No, it is not.