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Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister thought that was provided for and it turned out he was wrong.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: He did not even allow that minor change to insert "and/" into the Bill. It indicates the kind of knife-edge on which the Bill was agreed between the two parties in Government. Clearly the political imperative was that there would be no changes irrespective of the arguments made because it had been hammered out somewhere else. That is really regrettable and like the shambles of last night,...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The shambles of the failure of the Government to order business yesterday-----

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: -----and people sitting until 5 a.m.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I think the comment by the Minister, Deputy Howlin, might suggest that being up to 5 a.m. did not suit him.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: This amendment is about the reporting and notification mechanism in the legislation, which is really important for most people. As was discussed at the hearings and on Committee Stage, legislating in this area is a new departure in many ways. I have already said I do not believe it is the intention of the Minister or the Government to introduce any kind of liberal regime, but because of the...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order, is there any possibility that in light of what has transpired the Minister would accept the amendment? There are 155 amendments.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 27:In page 8, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“(c) to set gestational limits for termination of pregnancy.”.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: That is not the same, it is entirely different.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to clarify my position on my amendment No. 27. I absolutely welcome the provisions under sections 7 and 8 and, as far as I am concerned, there should be no question whatsoever of risking the life of the mother in the circumstances covered by sections 7 and 8. The issue I have sought to address, which was raised at the committee hearings and on Committee Stage of the Bill and...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Amendment No. 27 proposes to amend section 4 in respect of regulations. I have already expressed concern about the open ended nature of this provision for making regulations. It is unusual in legislation that the regulations proposed to be made are not specified in all instances. A number of speakers requested that the regulations be published in order to allow a full and thorough debate...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to elaborate on the issue of the lack of gestational limits. An extraordinary regime is proposed under which termination of pregnancy can take place right up to 39 weeks. At 39 weeks, there is a good chance the baby will be fine. Perhaps at 32 weeks that would also be the case but, as was pointed out earlier, the further one goes back to, say, 22 or 23 weeks, the greater the...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: What is the Government playing at tonight? This nonsense of continuing until 5 a.m. is demeaning of everyone here in the House. It brings the House into complete disrepute and there is absolutely no need for it. I do not know what the Government's game is. I do not know what it is doing if it believes it is somehow smart or clever to allow people to tease out the legislation until the...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: It means have a referendum on it.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister of State did.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: It is Article 40.3.3°.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I support these amendments, in particular those that relate to fatal foetal abnormality. I must admit that until recently I did not appreciate the extent of this issue nor that so many women and couples were affected by it. In recent months, however, I and many others have learned a great deal about this condition. We have heard the stories of couples who received these awful diagnoses for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the possibility of bringing the pension entitlements of those who received redress from the Residential Institutions Redress Board in line with those included in the proposed redress scheme for survivors of the Magdalene Laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33069/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (9 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 463. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of her Department's willingness to fund a FETAC level 6 course for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 the reason they are unwilling to provide the same funding to this person during the first two years of a degree course in the same discipline; if this is in line with the national aftercare policy's commitment to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulation of Sunbed Use (9 Jul 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 532. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to regulate the use of sunbeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33335/13]