Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2022-04-07
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Rónán Mullen (IND), National University of Ireland

I want to start with an apology, which is due to all of those who campaigned to save the Seanad. When we had that campaign and when the Seanad was threatened, much was made of the fact that the Seanad was an important tool of our democracy and a necessary protection against the excessively hegemonic approach to power that a government might take through its majority in the Dáil. Much was made of the many times-----

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Sitting date: 2022-04-07