Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Níl fúmsa mórán a rá mar tá cuid mhaith dá bhfuil le rá faoin mBille seo ráite ag mo chomhghleacaithe anseo. I add my voice in support of this Bill. I welcome the parents of Jake, Stephanie and John, to the Visitors Gallery. It is a very emotive issue, one that Senator Mac Lochlainn has been pushing forward for a quite a long time, with the support of campaigners. I urge the Government to at least support the progress of the Bill to Committee Stage. I ask it not to quash it because it is an important subject that is very much worthy of debate in the Seanad. We should not be afraid of such a debate, or a discussion of iatrogenic suicide. There are many other issues around the work of coroners but this Bill is trying to focus specifically on this issue. I commend the work of Senator Mac Lochlainn and urge Government Senators to give this Bill the opportunity to go forward for further debate. It would reflect well on the Seanad if we allowed that to happen. Sin an méid atá le rá agam faoin mBille inniu mar tá an cuid eile ráite, i ndáiríre, ag mo chomhghleacaithe.