Seanad debates
Tuesday, 2 December 2003
Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
Breastfeeding gives the child the emotional stability to survive the struggles and problems life puts in all our paths. I stayed here today specifically to make this point. There is something seriously wrong in our country if we have the lowest breastfeeding rate in Europe. Some 33 years ago I was the only one out of 20 breastfeeding. I would prefer those present not to ridicule my opinion about working mothers. It would be unfair to a mother to breastfeed and to go to work. How can a mother go home to breastfeed and then come back to work again? Breastfeeding would not work like that; a mother needs to mind herself and protect herself when she is breastfeeding.
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