Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is, in turn, an acceptance of the idea that what we are dealing with regarding abortion is an action in a completely different moral and ethical category to anything else. This is where we will disagree profoundly, as Senator Norris said. To my mind, abortion is a deliberate ending of the life of the foetus and is a wrong action upon an entirely innocent party. To then ask those with profound ethical disagreements with that position not only to offer no objection but also to fund the practice is quite bizarre.

The issue of complicity is, in this instance, not just some vague philosophical idea with no real practical implications. We see it in many other areas of our political lives, most notably with respect to the protections ongoing regarding the use of Shannon Airport and the extension of its services. In fact, Deputy Clare Daly, a Member of the other House who ardently opposes the use of Shannon Airport as a violation of our constitutional neutrality, has said that it was "clear by the actions of the Government that-----