Results 1,401-1,420 of 3,241 for speaker:Brian Ó Domhnaill
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Please allow me to finish.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Senator O'Donnell, my namesake, has been very disruptive in the Chamber today.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I assumed that because Senator O'Donnell tabled a motion that she would be interested in hearing my opinion.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Go raibh maith agat. This is not the first time today that people have been interrupted.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: By supporting the amendment one would support a culture or perception of normality on reproductive decisions. That would be wrong. There is no way that I can support the amendments but I acknowledge the absolute right of Senators to table amendments. I also acknowledge the Minister for Health who was here and agree with the vast majority of his comments on these amendments.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: On a point of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The amendment says, whether one agrees with it or not, and I assume by that speech by Senator Moran that she supports the amendments.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Any child who is born with a disability has a right to live. That is my point.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: If the Senator does not agree with that principle then she should agree with my principle.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Thank God.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Is the Senator going to contradict me?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I listened to all of the contributions from the Senators and acknowledge and thank those who put forward the amendments. By putting forward an amendment, whether one agrees or disagrees with it, they give us all an opportunity to discuss this particular element, the question of fatal foetal abnormalities and, of course, the issue of rape and incest. This is a most sensitive area,...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I have not spoken to date on these amendments and I want to make a contribution. It is a sensitive issue. While I oppose all of the amendments which have been tabled, I want to make a contribution given that they have been tabled to the debate. I have looked at this area. I have looked at various reports and at various studies that have been carried out by universities, both within Europe...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I wish to speak on the section.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I take grave exception to what the Minister of State has said, having thrown out the idea yesterday and again today that Senators should read the Bill.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I inform the Minister of State that I have read the Bill from cover to cover.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I have read thousands of pages of submissions as well. Perhaps if the Minister of State had read some of the submissions of legal and medical experts, he would not be sitting there trying to ram a Bill down our throats that does nothing to protect-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is fine and I accept that. I did not throw any charges at the Minister until he threw a charge at me first.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Democracy should prevail and we should have an honest debate.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: We should have an honest debate and call the Bill what it is.