Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am too emotional. I am emotional actually and I will not apologise for that. Conscientious objection is something that some Senators do not seem to understand. I understand that certain Senators have a sincerely held view and differ from many of us in this House when it comes to this issue.

However, coming into this House and boasting about having put the eighth amendment into the Constitution in the first place when it has been repealed by 66.4% of the population is difficult to take at this point in the debate, especially when somebody is completely disconnected from the discussion taking place. It is an insult to the House to behave in that way. We are sitting here-----