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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I do not ever mean to rush the witness, and I am not, because I am very conscious that she is talking about personal circumstances, so I will try not to interrupt. However, I still have a time situation to manage, just to let her know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: To be fair to the witness-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: -----she has had an experience but she is not a medical expert.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: In fairness, the lady in question is not present and we have heard from her already. It is not a road to go down in that sense.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I can understand why you ask the question, but it is a difficult one for the witness to answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank the Deputy. We will leave it there, because we have heard a lot of that evidence in the committee and the witness is not here as a medical expert.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I am very sorry to interrupt, but there is a vote in the Dáil so we will have to suspend the meeting. I hope members will come back. I do not think there is any point in starting another contribution now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I wish to read into the record a letter from Dr. Abigail Aiken dated 21 November 2017 in response to a number of statements that were made in this committee:Dear Senator Noone, Thank you again for the opportunity to present the findings of my research to the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment. I have followed the work of the Committee since my appearance on October 11th and wish...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I welcome our witness back to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Deputy O'Connell has been speaking now for almost six minutes and she has not yet put a question to the witness.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: The witness has been asked to a give a "Yes" or "No" response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: The Deputy's time has expired.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Thank you, Deputy O'Connell. The next speaker is Deputy Naughton.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: It is a point of clarification if that is okay, because the time is up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank Senator Mullen for that very important clarification. I call on Senator Ned O'Sullivan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank Ms McDermott. I have to move on to Deputy Rabbitte.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: The Deputy got that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: We are getting into the realm of speculation here. In fairness to the witness, she is not a medical practitioner. We are very grateful to her for attending here today. I really feel that she has done a service to the point of view she represents by turning up. I thank her for her presentation and for attentively answering all of the questions that have been put to her by the members. We...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Thank you for that clarification. Is there any other business?