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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I too welcome Senator Naughton to the House. I note the favourable impact her appointment will have on the gender balance within Seanad Éireann. In spite of all the media comment over the weekend, no Labour Senator defied the Labour Whip on Friday in the matter of the committees.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I am simply setting the record straight.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: No Labour Senator defied the Whip.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I am sure that Senator Norris, more than any Senator-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Tánaiste's comments over the weekend confirming that there would be a referendum on same-sex marriage and I understand that referendum may take place in 2014. I was personally disappointed that when the initial findings of the Constitutional Convention went to Cabinet, same-sex marriage was not one of the first items of business arising from the convention to be dealt...

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

Aideen Hayden: He was clear on the point.

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

Aideen Hayden: It is in the Constitution already.

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

Aideen Hayden: I will repeat what I said earlier. My understanding of the legislation we are discussing relates to formalising the law as it currently stands in this country and to give clarity to the current legal position. There are about 50,000 live births in this country every year. For every 50,000 live births here every year there are approximately 14,000 miscarriages. A considerable number of...

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

Aideen Hayden: First, I am not aware, and I have read the Bill a number of times, that the word "abortion" is mentioned even once. When talking about the language used in the Chamber we ought to take that into account. Second, I concur with Senator O'Keeffe. My understanding of the legislation is that it formalises the law as it stands and gives clarity on the law as it already stands. I ask the Minister...

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

Aideen Hayden: Yes.

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

Aideen Hayden: The idea is repulsive and scare mongering. Is Senator Ó Domhnaill aware that at least 4,000 Irish women leave this country every year to go to another jurisdiction for a termination of pregnancy?

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

Aideen Hayden: It is.

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

Aideen Hayden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I support the comments of my colleague Senator Paul Coghlan on the independence of the Central Bank and the apparent message that the interests of the lenders are paramount and will not in any way be subservient to the interests of the borrowers. On a number of occasions I have called for a debate at which the Minister for Finance would be present in order to discuss the banking system. I...

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I congratulate my colleague, Senator Moran, for drafting the motion and raising an important issue. I welcome Cillian and James to the Visitors Gallery and others with an interest in the motion. Ireland was one of the first states to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at UN headquarters in New York in March 2007. It was a welcome act that Ireland signed the...

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

Aideen Hayden: That is not true. On a point of information, I asked a specific question at the hearings of the joint committee as to whether there was information relating to Irish women who had travelled to the United Kingdom who might have done so because they had suffered from serious risks to their health. The response from the eminent medical professionals who were there was that they did not know....

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

Aideen Hayden: There is not. The Senator is misleading-----

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

Aideen Hayden: I will not go any further with this.

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

Aideen Hayden: Incapable of life outside the womb.

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

Aideen Hayden: I am sorry.