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Deep unease and not an option: The week in quotes

“The Supreme Court is absolutely clear about this issue and the people have been absolutely clear.”

02/12/12 10,578 Views 5 Comments

IT WAS A week in which the issue of abortion once again took centre-stage as the expert group’s report was finally published and the Dáil debated legislation for the X Case.

In Britain the Leveson inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the media caused a considerable storm both in the media and in the political world but it was something else British that drew the envy of the HSE chief, Tony O’Brien.

All that and more, it’s the week in quotes:

Deep unease and not an option: The week in quotes
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  • Week in quotes

    “We have consistently said we stand by the quality of our work performed in the Anglo audit and will vigorously defend any such proceedings.” – Chartered accountants Ernst & Young says it will defend its actions as it is sued by the former Anglo Irish Bank.

  • Week in quotes

    “The Supreme Court is absolutely clear about this issue and the people have been absolutely clear.” – Justice Minister Alan Shatter says it is “not an option” to leave out a provision for abortion in cases where there is a risk of suicide in any proposed legislation for the X Case.

  • Week in quotes

    “I can tell you that the Irish Presidency will be in the business of solutions because that’s what the people expect and nothing less.” – Taoiseach Enda Kenny means business as Ireland prepares to chair the presidency of the European Union next month.

  • Week in quotes

    “I had been considering, in consultation with the Attorney General, initiating the impeachment process prescribed in the Constitution subsequent to today’s sentencing of Heather Perrin.” – Justice Minister Alan Shatter said he had considered what would be a first in the history of the State before the judge was sentenced to two-and-half-years in prison after being found guilty of deception.

  • Week in quotes

    “There is deep unease amongst my colleagues that medicine is becoming a tainted profession and that there is an agenda to portray the medical profession as though they are driven by greed.” - Dr Mark Murphy from the IMO is among 800 junior doctors to write to Health Minister James Reilly warning that they may emigrate.

  • Week in quotes

    “I wish to hear clarification of whether Deputy Clare Daly is prepared to deny that she is in favour of what I consider to be walk-in, walk-out abortion.” – Fine Gael TD Derek Keating criticises the private members’ bill to legislate for the X Case that was debated in the Dáil this week.

  • Week in quotes

    “I believe that we can build a collection of health services that one day our population can love and cherish and defend and have the same instinctive attachment to it. The NHS is far from perfect but it is loved.” – HSE chief Tony O’Brien says it is a “great tragedy” that the Irish health system is not loved by its people like the NHS is in the UK.

  • Week in quotes

    “An implementation option that would be constitutionally, legally, and procedurally sound” – The expert group report on abortion identifies legislation and guidelines as one option for the government to deal with the X Case ruling and subsequent European court judgement.

  • Week in quotes

    "The General Assembly is called upon today to issue a birth certificate of the reality of the State of Palestine." – Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas appeals to the UN general assembly before it votes to make it a non-member observer state, in defiance of the US and Israel.

  • Week in quotes

    “The ball moves back into the politicians’ court. They must now decide who guards the guardians.” – Lord Justice Leveson says press regulation is a matter for politicians after he publishes his mammoth report into the ethics, practices and culture of the press in the UK.
  • “We have consistently said we stand by the quality of our work performed in the Anglo audit and will vigorously defend any such proceedings.” – Chartered accountants Ernst & Young says it will defend its actions as it is sued by the former Anglo Irish Bank.
  • “The Supreme Court is absolutely clear about this issue and the people have been absolutely clear.” – Justice Minister Alan Shatter says it is “not an option” to leave out a provision for abortion in cases where there is a risk of suicide in any proposed legislation for the X Case.
  • “I can tell you that the Irish Presidency will be in the business of solutions because that’s what the people expect and nothing less.” – Taoiseach Enda Kenny means business as Ireland prepares to chair the presidency of the European Union next month.
  • “I had been considering, in consultation with the Attorney General, initiating the impeachment process prescribed in the Constitution subsequent to today’s sentencing of Heather Perrin.” – Justice Minister Alan Shatter said he had considered what would be a first in the history of the State before the judge was sentenced to two-and-half-years in prison after being found guilty of deception.
  • “There is deep unease amongst my colleagues that medicine is becoming a tainted profession and that there is an agenda to portray the medical profession as though they are driven by greed.” - Dr Mark Murphy from the IMO is among 800 junior doctors to write to Health Minister James Reilly warning that they may emigrate.
  • “I wish to hear clarification of whether Deputy Clare Daly is prepared to deny that she is in favour of what I consider to be walk-in, walk-out abortion.” – Fine Gael TD Derek Keating criticises the private members’ bill to legislate for the X Case that was debated in the Dáil this week.
  • “I believe that we can build a collection of health services that one day our population can love and cherish and defend and have the same instinctive attachment to it. The NHS is far from perfect but it is loved.” – HSE chief Tony O’Brien says it is a “great tragedy” that the Irish health system is not loved by its people like the NHS is in the UK.
  • “An implementation option that would be constitutionally, legally, and procedurally sound” – The expert group report on abortion identifies legislation and guidelines as one option for the government to deal with the X Case ruling and subsequent European court judgement.
  • “The ball moves back into the politicians’ court. They must now decide who guards the guardians.” – Lord Justice Leveson says press regulation is a matter for politicians after he publishes his mammoth report into the ethics, practices and culture of the press in the UK.

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