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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (11 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 141. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to reintroduce a grant scheme for the restoration of listed buildings throughout the country; the options that are available to those who own listed buildings and who cannot afford to restore same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33983/13]

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

Mattie McGrath: I wish to place on the record of the House a matter of the utmost importance in respect of the constitutional validity of the proposed Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013. It has been brought to my attention that the Oireachtas has no right to vote on a Bill that contains provisions that have been put to the Irish people in referendums and which they in a sovereign exercise...

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

Mattie McGrath: These provisions must be removed from the Bill currently before the Oireachtas before it is subjected to a final vote. The decision also puts these provisions out of the reach of the Government. If the Government wants to include them, it must first get the Irish people to reverse its previous decision. The Irish electorate voted "No"-----

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

Mattie McGrath: -----in the 2002 referendum to repeal sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. The proposal to delete sections 58 and 59 of that Act, which this Bill seeks, would require a new referendum. Similarly, the Irish electorate voted "No" in the 2002 referendum, specifying that the life would be protected from implantation-----

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

Mattie McGrath: -----yet this Bill presumes to legislate for protecting a stage of human life. In light of these facts which I have placed on the record of the House I am calling for a suspension of the vote on the Bill until the matter is resolved in a manner that respects-----

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

Mattie McGrath: I am speaking on the legislation. I am asking for it to be delayed to respect the sovereign decision of the people.

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

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach said this morning that he wanted to get rid of this tonight. Those are the words he used. We are getting lectures all night about unsuitable descriptions. He wanted to get rid of it. It is a farce that we are sitting here. The Minister for Health could not come to the hearings of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children for more than 12 minutes but he says he...

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

Mattie McGrath: He never replies to us. He spent 12 minutes at the committee hearing, which was an insult to all those who came forward.

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

Mattie McGrath: What about the whistleblower legislation?

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

Mattie McGrath: He is entitled to have his say.

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

Mattie McGrath: He is being interrupted.

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

Mattie McGrath: Good man, Peter.

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

Mattie McGrath: I have a point of order.

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

Mattie McGrath: Two too many at that.

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

Mattie McGrath: In particular, my input is directed to amendment No. 23. I compliment the bravery, understanding and research of colleagues across the floor who cannot accept the decision based on the X case. It was a flawed judgment. Anybody who sat through our committee hearings understands that. It is the one thing that emerged. The Supreme Court in the X case heard no proper legal arguments on...

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

Mattie McGrath: A further contradiction is that where a person facing deportation claims suicide, it is to no avail. A person that is suicidal needs treatment. Abortion is the last treatment any pregnant woman needs. It is not a treatment in any shape or form for a person suffering stress and trauma. A woman needs to be treated and to have a health care plan worked out. In the fullness of time,...

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

Mattie McGrath: The amendment relates to the Title which is false and erroneous in the extreme. It should be called what it is.

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

Mattie McGrath: It is not about the protection of life during pregnancy. It is about the deliberate killing of unborn children.

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

Mattie McGrath: It should be called the termination of pregnancy Bill.

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

Mattie McGrath: Obviously, the Bill is rushed and could not be done fast enough. The Minister is going to stay here all night but now we find out that the arrangements for the institutions are not even made. I know that from my hospital in south Tipperary. No one knows what is happening but the general threat is that hospitals which do not conform to and perform the Bill’s provisions will be...