David Norris (Independent)

May we revert to the backbench subject of embryo stem cell research? Youth Defence is on the trot again. As if it was not bad enough, it is putting out dangerous, dishonest and misleading advertisements to the effect that 73 cures have been developed using adult stem cells while none has been developed using embryo stem cells. Some people have spent tens of thousands of euro. An unfortunate woman from Scotland who came to Ireland was injected with umbilical cord stem cells, but they made no difference. How dare these blackguards mislead people and abuse science? Let us have a real debate in the House.