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

Billy Timmins: ..., that there will be a time when people will come into this House and ask, "How did the Oireachtas of 10 July 2013 pass the suicide clause, which not based on a lack of knowledge?" We can talk about the Magdalen laundries and the abuse of children and hide behind the fact that we did not know. I want to state clearly that we do know, as the evidence is there in bucketfuls. They will ask...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Billy Timmins: There is a desire in this country to protect our institutions but very often that desire makes us put our institutions before the welfare of citizens. It is often the case that a Magdalen laundry mindset has been adopted, of not washing the family linen in public. The day is gone when the bad family secrets can be brushed under the carpet. Everything now must be in the open. It means an...