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Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Mary Ann O'Brien: ...weeks gestation in the second report. I have done a lot of research on this topic since we first tabled the amendment. I have 22 pages of information from the British Medical Journal, The Lancet, and doctors from all over the world who have given different opinions and different scientific views. There is disagreement with some of the research science stating 18 weeks while others state...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Mary Ann O'Brien: I know but we said this morning that 23, 24, 25 weeks is the cusp of viability. We all want to know that if there is a chance for this little baby, for every single doctor who is ever going to be involved in saving the life of a mother, under sections 9 or 7, that the baby will be given every opportunity to have a viable life and to live to its potential. That is what I understood from what...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Mary Ann O'Brien: With regard to viability and term limits, the Minister mentioned 24 weeks. That is where I have a problem. There is no term limit referred to in the Bill. I have a friend, to whom I can introduce the Minister, who is just graduating from Trinity College, Dublin. She was born at 23 weeks, but the Minister, who is a doctor, mentioned 24 weeks. We must go back to that. I acknowledge that...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Mary Ann O'Brien: I thank the Minister of State for attending to listen to us today. I also thank Deputy Jerry Buttimer and the health committee for all of the work put into this Bill. The Bill has been the subject of much debate during recent months and dominated the political agenda. The abortion issue is one that always causes heated debate, with extreme voices on all sides preventing a mature...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Mary Ann O'Brien: To take up Senator O'Brien's comment about the special needs assistants, SNAs, and the resource teaching hours, which I welcome, am I right in assuming that SNAs help people with special needs to be there to be educated? It is wonderful that we have the resource teachers in place but the SNAs help those people in great need to take part in the education. The Minister has made a mistake. He...

Seanad: Life-Limiting Health Conditions in Children: Motion (26 Sep 2012)

Mary Ann O'Brien: I move: That Seanad Éireann: - recognises that there are 1,400 children in Ireland with life-limiting conditions, who have complex needs throughout life and additional needs as they near death, with 350 such child deaths each year; - commends the tremendous work being done by organisations such as the Jack and Jill Children?s Foundation and the Irish Hospice Foundation on behalf of many of...