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Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: The Senator is incorrect. He should speak to a consultant.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: Speak to another.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I wish to refer briefly to this section because it is important to have clarification. Much incorrect information was given this morning in regard to the procedures for termination. The majority - 99.99% - of terminations involve the application of medication, not the procedure outlined by Senator Walsh, who is about 25 years behind the times in the description he gave yesterday, today and...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: No.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I acknowledge that people have strong views, but every medical practitioner in the hospital system is committed to providing the best possible level of care for both the mother and the baby. Everything possible is done to protect them both. That should not be lost in the debate. It was clear from the evidence in the public hearings that they will do everything possible to protect both...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: He is ignoring Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I just cannot accept this amendment. If we apply this amendment-----

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: This amendment means that doctors will be restricted from inducing any delivery, even where the mother's life is at risk. If we applied Senator Walsh's interpretation to the likes of the Savita case, then it means the doctors would have to stand idly by in such a situation. I would ask Senator Walsh to look at the wording of what he is saying. It means no procedure of any description. If...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I would like to thank my colleagues for the valuable contributions they have made this morning and for putting forward these amendments. However, I agree with Senator Bacik with regard to the restrictions that exist under Article 40.3.3°. When the Minister came to deal with this issue, it was very much about the decision in the X case and in the A, B and C v. Ireland case. All of the...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: In fairness to Senator Ó Domhnaill, he has made a point that we are trying to ram the Bill down people's throats. We had three days of public consultation in January and a further three days in May.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: An allegation has been made.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I have a final point.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: On that technical point, Mr. Justice McCarthy of the Supreme Court noted in the X case: "I think it reasonable, however, to hold that the people, when enacting the amendment [to the Constitution in 1982] were entitled to believe that legislation would be introduced so as to regulate the manner in which the right to life of the unborn and the right to life of the mother could be reconciled"....

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I believe the Title of the Bill is correct and the proposal made is unacceptable.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: On the section, I believe the Title is correct. It is also important to realise that this legislation does not in any way move outside the terms of Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution. Senator Jim Walsh, in his contributions this morning and yesterday, has indicated that this legislation is over-ruling that element of the Constitution. That is not the position. The legislation stays...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Missing Persons (16 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for a very comprehensive report. I fully understand that in the past six months all Departments have had to deal with the EU Presidency and that this matter would not have been given the priority. Given that we have the Bill and the report and the fact that there is consultation with other Departments - while accepting what he said about the family law issues...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Missing Persons (16 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank the Acting Chairman. My Adjournment matter is on missing persons. Last February I published a Private Members' Bill on the matter and I am anxious to proceed. The Bill follows on from the report of the Law Reform Commission that was published in January. The 160-page report clearly sets out very good proposals to deal with the issue...

Seanad: Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to the House. The redevelopment of Cork Prison is a very important and welcome initiative, not least because it will end the practice of slopping out which has heretofore been in operation at the facility. As the Minister of State observed, the existing prison was built to accommodate just under 150 prisoners but has consistently had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cochlear Ear Implants: Discussion (16 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I must speak in the Seanad as well.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: The Senator should read Article 40.3.3°.