Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2024-05-01
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

On a point of information, as with many things the Senator has said, what he has just said is entirely false. The evidence was presented from the HSE. It was not referencing civil society groups. It was a considered, formal submission to the Oireachtas by the HSE and it referenced widespread feedback from its own employees, doctors and nurses throughout the country. The record will show that when this was presented, the Senator went on to describe not just the Government as corrupt but the HSE as a corrupt institution, and decried our doctors and nurses as liars. I just want to make sure it is very clear that there is evidence, the great irony being of course that the only - we are not allowed say "lie" but whatever the appropriate word is, a Leas-Chathaoirligh - that is emanating so far today comes, in fact, from Senator Mullen. That is all on the record and documented.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-01