David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps the Minister for Justice and Equality or another Government spokesperson with seniority such as the Minister for Health might come to the House to answer some of these questions.

A group which I believe is entitled Oireachtas Members for Human Dignity has been established. We are all for human dignity, although we take different views on it. After I left this Chamber yesterday, I was watching the monitor in my office and heard one of my colleagues refer to a very distinguished professor as being "pro-abortion". I do not know of anybody who is pro-abortion as such, but there are those who are realistic. It is clear to me from evidence that the people, their President, the Independent Members and the smaller parties in the Houses are well ahead of the Government in this area.

As a victim of a bogus website set up by the kinds of people to whom I refer during a recent election campaign, I call on those who are responsible and the makers of unsolicited telephone calls purporting to come from Galway hospital to desist at once. Who knows who may be picking up the telephone? It could be somebody who has had a miscarriage, an elderly person or somebody who is emotionally unstable. I ask those responsible to stop.