Offaly TD supports pain relief for unborn babies during abortions
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Independent Offaly TD Carol Nolan has put her name to a bill seeking pain relief for unborn babies during late-term abortions.
A group of TDs released a statement on Wednesday in support of the Bill. The TDs lending their signature to the statement were Carol Nolan TD, Michael Collins TD, Danny Healy-Rae TD, Michael Healy-Rae TD. Mattie McGrath TD, Richard O’Donoghue TD, Sean Canney TD, Éamon Ó Cuiv TD, Peter Fitzpatrick TD, Noel Grealish TD and Peadar Tóibín TD. The ‘Foetal Pain Relief Bill 2021’ that we are co-sponsoring is a humane and reasonable proposal worthy of majority support in the Dáil, the group said.
May 13, 2021 2:14 pm
Yesterday evening (Wednesday, May 12) the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 was voted to committee stage.
This was the bill’s first vote in the Dáil, passing the second stage with 117 votes (Fianna Fáil; Fine Gael; Green Party; Sinn Féin; Social Democrats; Labour Party; Solidary-People before Profit; and three TDs in the Regional Group) versus 12 votes.
The 12 TDs who voted against the progression of this bill are: Seán Canney; Joan Collins; Michael Collins; Michael Fitzmaurice; Danny Healy-Rae; Michael Healy-Rae; Mattie McGrath; Verona Murphy; Denis Naughten; Carol Nolan; Richard O’Donoghue; Peadar Tóibín.
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Driving Test (Image: Laois Today)
The need to resume Theory Tests, Driving Lessons and Driving Tests to clear the backlog will be raised in the Dáil with the Minister for Transport by Deputies Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins, Danny Healy-Rae, Michael Healy-Rae, Carol Nolan and Richard O’Donoghue.
It is one of the Topical Issues selected by the Ceann Comhairle and scheduled for discussion from 8.40pm
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The Deputies have 1 minute each to make an initial statement and the Minister/Minister of state has 4 minutes to reply.
The Deputies have half a minute each for a supplementary statement and the Minister/Minister of state has 2 minutes for a concluding statement.
Deputy Carol Nolan
The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill has been up for debate in the Dáil in recent days.
The bill has generated tense debate, and no shortage of criticism, particularly from independent TDs.
One independent, Carol Nolan, argued that the bill will “lead to devastating outcomes across several important economic sectors”.
“During the course of [the debate] I made it explicitly clear that this proposed bill critically undermines the agriculture sector by loading emissions targets and expectations on to it that will be almost impossible to meet.
“Essentially this legislation is a ‘just transition’ strategy for the entire country,” she claimed.