Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The appropriate theme for the House today is the right to life. I call on the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health to establish as a matter of urgency an independent public inquiry into the Galway case and the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar. The public is outraged about what went wrong and we need answers. As a woman I need to know women are protected in pregnancy and maternal health. Galway University Hospital has not had a maternal death for 17 years, so something went wrong. Medical Council guidelines state that women must get all treatment necessary in pregnancy, so clearly something went wrong and we need answers.