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VIDEO: TDs debate the death of Savita Halappanavar

Watch the full 32-minute debate between James Reilly and seven opposition TDs on the death of Savita Halappanavar.

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THE VIDEO ABOVE includes the full 32 minutes of this evening’s debate in Dáil Éireann on the death of Savita Halappanavar.

Savita’s death had been raised after seven TDs – Patrick Nulty, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, Joan Collins, Richard Boyd Barrett, Joe Higgins and Catherine Murphy - demanded a government commitment to legislate for abortion under the terms permitted by the Supreme Court ruling in the X Case.

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