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MICHELLE MULHERIN HAS not yet decided if she will vote against the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 come the final vote on Wednesday.
The Fine Gael TD has expressed her dissatisfaction with the proposed legislation but has not gone as far as saying she will face expulsion from the party over it.
Speaking on Morning Ireland today, the Mayo deputy said she will “weigh up on balance what to do” once the amendments she has tabled are accepted or rejected.
Although she accepts the inclusion of suicide grounds as means to obtain a lawful termination, Mulherin wants further assurances about the restrictive nature of the bill.
“I would consider my position once the Minister gave appropriate consideration to my concerns and to my efforts to make this particular piece of legislation more restrictive,” she said, describing the government’s current amendments as “window dressing”.
She also reiterated her request for a “pause period” of between one week and 10 days from the time a pregnant woman makes the request and the medical assessment is conducted by obstetricians and psychiatrists. That suggestion was dismissed by the Health Committee last week.
Others who have indicated their opposition to the Bill, but have not said outright that they will vote against it, include Junior Minister Lucinda Creighton, John Paul Phelan, James Bannon and John O’Mahony.
In the first Dáil vote, 24 TDs voted against the legislation with four Fine Gael members losing the party whip.
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Good luck to them, they don’t like out of towners up there be they black, white, Cuban or Asian.
@Bingobango: be worse for them if they were from republic of ireland
@Bingobango: is this actually a thing? I’ve always found Belfast to be very welcoming.
@Darren Bates: It most certainly is a thing, Belfast City Centre is a great place to visit, great bars and restaurants but people live in the most polarised communities you have ever seen, and god help you if you’re not one of them.
@Karl Charlie: Wher is that? No such State exists! The name of the country is “Ireland” or “Éire” if you prefer, as per the Irish Constitution. The RoI is a football team!
@Karl Charlie: RoI is a football team…the name of the State is Ireland or Éire as per the Irish Constitution!
@Bingobango: we are also not fond of a*******s so maybe that is the category you fell into. Communities are in agreement on that issue
@Gerry Cummins: Ireland (Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] (About this soundlisten)), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
The island is Ireland but the bottom 3/4 is the Republic of Ireland and the top 1/4 is Northern ireland
@Bingobango: a bit like the north west then
@Karl Charlie: Wrong. This is what the Iriah constitution says:
Bunreacht na hÉireann
ARTICLE 4
The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland.
@Shauna Cochrane: FYI Wikipedia copy and pastes don’t count. It is not a reliable source which is why in academia – wikipedia is not accepted as such.
@Shauna Cochrane: so explain the “republic of Ireland act 1948″ where we left the commonwealth and became THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
@Karl Charlie: I refer you again to the Constitution which supersedes EVERYTHING.
There is polarisation in the South of Ireland as well between the rich, the poor,the travelling community etc. If you live on a council estate your looked down on by a lot of house owners. I’ve been turned down for jobs because of my address,even though I’ve been more qualified than the people who got the jobs. I’ve also been told to go home because I’m not from the South of Ireland and accused of taking a job from a girl in the South. I’ve been treated very badly by people from the South of Ireland. It seems to be who you know in regards to housing and jobs as well. This has been my own personal experience. Random statements don’t help anyone.
@Marie Mc Laughlin:”I’ve been turned down for jobs because of my address”
That’s a very random statement. Did the employer tell you they were turning you down because of your address?
@Marie Mc Laughlin: I would look a little deeper for the real.issue here. Take a hard look and do yourself a favour in the.long term. Best of luck..
@Chin Feeyin: employers are not going to tell you “sorry you didn’t get the position because of where your from” it happens a lot and you would have to have your head in the clouds to think otherwise (not all jobs do it but there are jobs out there that do)
@Chin Feeyin:
yes they did actually ,it was a job in an off licence that a friend got for me. I had the job until they found out my address. I was then told I couldn’t have the job in case my neighbour’s hassled me because they had alcohol problems. Like I said it’s my personal experience not a random statement.
@Lar Meyler: meaning ?
@Marie Mc Laughlin: ” I’ve been treated very badly by people from the South of Ireland”
Ah now Marie not all Munster people are that bad. There are a few sound ones.
@Lar Meyler: what do you mean ? Why would I want to take a good look at myself for ?
@Ali Ní Dhomhnaill: It’s what they told me, I don’t lie.
@Pseud O’Nym: didn’t mean everyone probably worded that wrong, yes there are very good people here
@Marie Mc Laughlin: you were more qualified than the person who got the job in an off license? I rented in Dublin 1 and from my CV you wouldn’t know where I was originally from. I got plenty of work as an engineer. You need to get some skills and stop blaming everyone else.
Children with beards !
@ken gray: In reality they’re probably about 30 – 40 years old – we’ve seen and heard it all before ugh!!!!!!!!!!
@ken gray: Shave the children
Someone’s cleaning house. Could be tied to those bodies in the back of a truck. Someone’s panicking and cutting them lose. Only question s are who’s and where are the adults matched to those kids
A very sad story. Here’s hoping they don’t get lost in the system. We don’t realise how lucky we are to have our children tucked up in bed, safe and sound.
Could have been worse they could have landed in Ireland, the land of a thousand unwelcomes
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