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

Liam Twomey: Terminations in every other jurisdiction for our patients are based on the 100% destruction of the foetus whereas in the limited cases that this legislation will apply there is a completely different ethos. That should be the basis of how we discuss this legislation during the course of the night. This is the only contribution I will make on this. The ethos of the Bill is about the early...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Liam Twomey: I had reason to be in the Four Courts this morning and while there, I listened to the President of the High Court and another High Court judge, Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan, who were debating points of law on the issue of assisted suicide. If there is one thing for which I can give credit to those gentleman, it is that they know how to discuss law. That is where we are heading and there has been...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: ...year on the state of the economy? Since March 2007, an extra 2,000 people in County Wexford are on the dole, which is a large figure. This is the human side of what is going wrong in the economy and it is being replicated throughout the country. Will the Leader invite the Minister for Health and Children before the House to discuss the issue raised by Senator Fidelma Healy Eames...

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (1 Nov 2007)

Liam Twomey: I welcome this new approach to the budgetary process and I hope it will increase the transparency of what happens on budget day. Balancing the public finances is always a difficult task, and the Tánaiste has had particular difficulties in this regard. In the past three budgets tax revenues have been grossly underestimated. In his first year in the Finance portfolio his tax revenue forecast...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Liam Twomey: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill. There are two issues in this debate. One issue concerns the wording of the amendment and whether it will stand up to tests in the courts in future years. Unfortunately, I have no legal training, so I must wait and see what the arguments in this debate will turn up in the next few weeks on whether this...