Brendan Howlin
Question:64. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the referendum campaign on the eighth amendment. [18940/18]
View answerTuesday, 29 May 2018
Questions (64, 117, 423)
Richard Boyd Barrett
Question:117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to make changes to abortion laws here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23524/18]
View answerRichard Boyd Barrett
Question:423. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will report on his plans to implement the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [22708/18]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 64, 117 and 423 together.
As the Deputies will be aware, on Friday 25 May 2018 the people of Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favour of deleting
Article 40.3.3 in its entirety, and substituting an article in the Constitution, the object and effect of which is to articulate clearly the principle that laws may be enacted by the Oireachtas to provide for the regulation of termination of pregnancy.
As Minister for Health, I brought a Memorandum to Government today seeking the approval of Cabinet to draft legislation regulating termination of pregnancy. This legislation will be based on the General Scheme of a Bill to Regulate Termination of Pregnancy approved by Government on 27 March 2018 (SI 180/20/10/2243) and published on my Department’s website.
The provisions of the General Scheme are based on the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which was established to consider the report and recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly.