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3-day schedule of Oireachtas hearings on abortion

Tuesday: Medical Hearings Session One: 9.30- 11.30am Department of Health, Geraldine Luddy;...
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3-day schedule of Oireachtas hearings on abortion

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Tuesday: Medical Hearings

Session One: 9.30- 11.30am

  • Department of Health, Geraldine Luddy;
  • Irish Medical Council, Caroline Spillane, CEO; Kieran Murphy, president
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Session Two: 11.45- 1.45 pm

  • Dr Rhona Mahony, Master, National Maternity Hospital;
  • Dr Sam Coulter Smyth, Master Rotunda Hospital;
  • Dr Mary McCaffrey, Kerry Hospital, Tralee.

Session Three: 2.45 - 4.45pm

  • Dr Anthony McCarthy, Dr Joanne Fenton,
  • Dr John Sheehan, all College of Psychiatry Ireland;
  • Prof Patricia Casey, Dept of Adult
  • Psychiatry, UCD Mater Misercordiae University Hospital ;
  • Prof Veronica O’Kane, Dept of Psychiatry, Tallaght Hospital

Session Four: 5 -7pm

  • Irish Family Planning
  • Association Niall Behan CEO; Dr Caitriona Henchion;
  • Institute of Obstetricians Gynaecologists, Prof Robert F Harrison, Chairman,
  • Dr Meabh Ni Bhuinneain, Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe;
  • Maternal Death Inquiry Ireland, Prof Richard Greene.

Wednesday: Legal Hearings

Session One: 9.30- 11.30am

  • Jeniffer Schweppe, University of Limerick;
  • Ciara Staunton, NUI Galway;
  • Dr Simon Mills, Law Library.

Session Two: 11.45- 1.45pm

  • Bar Council of Ireland
  • Irish Council of Civil Liberties, Mark Kelly.

Session Three: 2.45- 4.15pm

  • Prof William Binchy, Trinity College Dublin;
  • Judge Catherine McGuinness (retired)

Thursday: Churches and advocacy groups

Session One: 9.30-11.30am

  • Irish Catholic Bishops Conference
  • Church of Ireland
  • Presbyterian Church of Ireland
  • Methodist Church of Ireland
  • Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland

Session Two: 11.45- 1.45 pm

  • Pro Life Campaign, Caroline Simons;
  • Dr Berry Kiely;
  • Youth Defence, Dr Eoghan de Faoite; Dr Seán O Domhnaill;
  • Family Life, Patrick Carr, David Manley
  • Iona Institute, Breda O’Brien.

Session Three: 2.45- 4.45pm

  • Choice Ireland, Sinead Ahern;
  • National Womens Council of Ireland, Orla O'Connor, director;
  • Action on X

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