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Speaking on his way into Cabinet this morning, the Health Minister Simon Harris said he still believes it will be possible to hold the vote in May.<\/p>\nSpeaking on his way into Cabinet this morning, the Health Minister Simon Harris said he still believes it will be possible to hold the vote in May.<\/p>\n
\u201cOut of fairness to all of our citizens, I think the importance of having factual and impartial information so people can make an informed decision is something we can surely all agree on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I think if we can pass the bill through both houses of the Oireachtas before the Easter break; that would give the Referendum Commission a good period of time to run a public information campaign that could provide our citizens with factual impartial information.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Harris said the D\u00e1il will sit until midnight tonight and 11pm tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Sinn F\u00e9in has brought forward its Ard Fheis to June to decide what its policy will be on proposed abortion legislation – should the 8th be repealed.<\/p>\n
Party leader Mary Lou McDonald has defended holding it after a referendum on the matter.<\/p>\n
She said: “We will categorically campaign for the repeal of the eighth amendment, and we will participate in a legitimate public consideration and debate on the nature of the legislation that follows.”<\/p>\n