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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: That was not a point for clarification. Does the delegation wish to respond to Deputy Flanagan's question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: No. Who wants to answer Deputy Flanagan's question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will not deal with that now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Colm Burke absented himself from this session this afternoon and I thank him for doing so. He did not have to do so, but he did it. We have had over 11 hours of discussion and I propose that we adjourn. Before doing so, I apologise to the ushers, stenographers, sound and secretarial staff for keeping them longer than the prescribed time. We thank them for their patience and work....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Thank you. We will have one speaker, please. Respect the witness, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Dr. Burke without interruption. Deputy Mathews has spoken already.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will have no bias or favouritism shown towards Deputy Spring.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Go raibh maith agat. Deputy Mathews is way over time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We are on the heads of the Bill now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: We will make sure the Deputy lives up to his commitment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: The committee will address the issue of maternity facilities and care in June and July. Deputy Timmins is welcome to come back to the committee on that occasion to make his comments on this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I am afraid but I must ask Dr. Burke to step back a little from the microphone as there is some interference. The Seanad is not used to people of Dr. Burke’s height and stature so the microphone is being obstructed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Gabh mo leithscéal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I call Deputies Peter Mathews, Arthur Spring, Terence Flanagan and Senator Paul Bradford.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: In fairness to Deputy Durkan, he is easy to understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Thank you, Dr. McCaffrey. That concludes the slot for members' questions. We now move on to questions from non-members, for which half an hour has been allocated. Six non-members have indicated and I ask each of them to be brief to allow time for discussion. I begin by calling on Deputies Bernard Durkan and Billy Timmins and Senator Rónán Mullen, in that order.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Does the Deputy have a question on the heads of the Bill?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Copies will be available at 9.10 a.m. on Monday morning in the ante-room. We do not have the facility to have them available tonight.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I replied to the Senator's question on another matter with reference to Members of the Oireachtas. Unfortunately, the secretariat does not have sufficient staff to make copies available to non-members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Members might take this matter up with the Seanad Committee on Procedure and Privileges.