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- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I will speak through the Chair if allowed.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Absolutely. To be fair to my colleague, Senator Norris, he has had the decency and honesty to call this Bill what it is and acknowledge that it is an abortion Bill.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It could be called the abortion of life during pregnancy Bill 2013, the protection and rights of the mother during pregnancy Bill 2013, the end of life during pregnancy Bill 2013 or the termination of unborn life during pregnancy Bill 2013. Any Bill that does not protect the unborn baby is seriously flawed, opposing and contradicting the Offences against the Person Act 1861 and the Eighth...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: What is it afraid of?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: This is about the Title of the Bill.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I ask for clarification on how the child is protected.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is the Protection of Life During Pregnancy-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an Seanadóir Jim Walsh maidir leis na pointí atá déanta aige anseo i dtaca le Teideal an Bhille seo. The Title of a Bill is very important because it frames the legislation and what it is about. The Title of this Bill, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013, clearly sends out an impression that the Bill protects all life...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liomsa fosta glacadh leis an deis chun comhghairdeachas a dhéanamh leis an Seanadóir John Gilroy as an leabhar atá curtha le chéile aige. I congratulate the Senator on his excellent research and the book he has commissioned. I wish him well tonight and hope the book sells very well. When he is enjoying his royalties, I hope he will not forget the rest of us. I...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is an outrageous statement. We are entitled to our conscience and we will not be dictated to by Eamon Gilmore.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: This represents a new low in health care provision. The Supreme Court's judgment concerned an early termination and a different result might have been achieved if it had concerned a later termination. Dr. Sam Coulter Smith, master of the Rotunda Hospital, who gave the consensus view from the hospital said the inclusion of suicidal intent as grounds for a termination was not evidence-based,...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Will someone point out to me-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I will pose the question to the Minister-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----to find out where time limits are contained in the Bill. Perhaps that might answer some of the queries from the far side. Where are the time limits?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I have, from cover to cover.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. I have listened today and yesterday to the contributions of colleagues in the House. I realise fully that this is a divisive and controversial Bill which will see the culture on abortion in Ireland change forever. Abortion is always a violent response to a crisis. In our desire to be compassionate to women,...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Why are there no term limits? We are introducing the most liberal abortion laws anywhere on the planet. That is a fact.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an Seanadóir Barrett agus an Seanadóir Ó Murchú i dtaca leis an méid atá ag tarlú sna Sé Contae faoi láthair. Is ábhar mór díomá é dúinn go léir go bhfuil na heachtraí sin ag tarlú oíche i ndiaidh oíche. It is unfortunate, and Senators Sean Barrett and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Some 100 companies have gone out of business in my own county in the past year.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I would prefer to go to Waterford.