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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: May I ask a question on the statistics? Professor Pajkrt mentioned that as many people did not abort as did when they discovered that their children had Down's syndrome. Does she have statistics on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I hear everything the speakers before me have said and I agree with what Deputy O'Connell has just said. It was to examine and have a good variation between urban and rural. We have had the World Health Organization and the best of people before us. The only reason for my fair, balanced and reasoned commentary last week was that there is a narrative out there. The last thing I want when I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: That is an exaggeration. Deputy McGrath has it wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Dr. Lohr for her presentation earlier. I am seeking clarification more than anything else because many of the questions have been asked. Perhaps Dr. Lohr could explain this to me. It is possibly a lack of understanding on my behalf but when a person presents for an abortion at one of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service clinics - I am just trying to tease out the idea here - is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I was merely curious.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes, particularly for late presentations. If a person has presented at 20, 23 or 24 weeks, and this goes back to the viability, does BPAS give her the opportunity of the conversation beforehand or do women come with a definite mind that they are there to have the procedure performed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Ms McDermott for her presentation earlier on. I am one for direct questions as well. Ms McDermott stated earlier on that she believed the child has equal rights to those of the mother. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Where the life of the mother is at risk, what does she believe along those lines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: She could lose her life.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Is there a choice to be made between-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: All right. No, no, I just needed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: To me, they are not, to be honest with Ms McDermott. When I talk about risk to the mother, I think about the mother whose life is at risk and who could have three other children at home. That is the life of the mother. That is why I sit on this committee. I have sat here for the past number of weeks to welcome the people here to inform me. This is the one part I battle with. I battle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Intervention, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: No doctor will say that it is at present because, under the legislation, we have his or her hands tied. Legally, they are tied because there is a 14 year sentence for them to make a decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: All right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I will ask another question, if Ms McDermott does not mind. When Ms McDermott gave birth to her beautiful son, John, did she give birth in Northern Ireland or southern Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: That is okay. I thank Ms McDermott.

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, for tabling this motion. I also thank the Minister of State as well as Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, who gave a comprehensive report. Listening to it was enlightening for the simple reason that she and I share a boundary at the bridge in Portumna. She referred to the good work and investment that have been seen under the programme for Government. Last...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I am not surprised by the Minister's answer. I was here this time last year when we discussed tillage, and the answer is exactly as I expected. Farming families feel very let down by the Government due to the fact that €106 million was returned unspent earlier this year. They feel let down due to the length of time it took the Government to address the tillage crisis. They feel let...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: No differently from the comments of my colleagues, I know farmers in east Galway also face a fodder crisis. Urgent action must be taken by the Government to assist farmers in the affected areas as the severe weather conditions since August have left many farmers facing chronic fodder shortages. I can give an example. Just the other day I was speaking with a farmer from around Tuam and...