Ireland's Home Birth Services: MOU and Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010 Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/irelands-home-birth-services-mou-and-nurses-and-midwives-bill-2010.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:23 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms. Kristina Kunth [Signature #3486] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16974834?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Mar 2014 02:20:58 UTC 16974834 Miss Aine O Neill [Signature #3485] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16917383?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:33:56 UTC 16917383 Ms Orla Donohoe [Signature #3484] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14323098?utm_medium=rss The current legislation is yet another example of flippant violation of human rights of woman in Ireland. Abortion rights are another issue that needs attention. The birth rights of woman in Ireland are non-existent, and in the 21st century this is unacceptable! It makes me so angry that this issue is not given the attention it deserves. For instance...A woman is at home, in the throngs of labour, with no way of getting to the hospital. She calls a midwife she knows to come help her. 1) The birth happens so quickly that the midwife doesn't have time to run through a full clinical history, and discovers later that she breached the terms of the insurance by helping the woman - she's loses her job and is punished by law. 2) The midwife realises during labour that she will be in breech of her insurance, and refuses to help the woman. The woman is left to labour alone with her risk factors. ANYTHING could happen to her...
This scenario is a disgusting example of what this legislation is actually doing. IT MUST BE AMENDED.

]]> Thu, 3 Jan 2013 07:29:34 UTC 14323098 ms maria van de munckhof [Signature #3483] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13451446?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:35:11 UTC 13451446 mrs eileen mc carthy [Signature #3482] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12212097?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:16:31 UTC 12212097 Mrs Diane McCarthy [Signature #3481] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12211948?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:45:59 UTC 12211948 Ms Danielle Begley [Signature #3480] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12089035?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:06:41 UTC 12089035 Ms Nicola O'Dwyer [Signature #3479] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11565154?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:24:31 UTC 11565154 Mrs Alethia Nicholson [Signature #3478] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11509208?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:50:44 UTC 11509208 Ms Cliona Swan [Signature #3477] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11239040?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:21:27 UTC 11239040 Mrs Jacqueline Van Veen [Signature #3476] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10904642?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:50:29 UTC 10904642 Ms Tanja Drechsler [Signature #3475] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10634907?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jun 2011 09:52:36 UTC 10634907 Ms Melanie Dolan [Signature #3474] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10460567?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 May 2011 01:56:25 UTC 10460567 Miss Sinead Mathews [Signature #3473] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10450733?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 May 2011 10:02:40 UTC 10450733 Natasha Bailey [Signature #3472] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10375809?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 01:37:10 UTC 10375809 Ms Clare O'Halloran [Signature #3471] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10363259?utm_medium=rss I strongly support the need to amend this bill.

]]> Mon, 2 May 2011 10:07:16 UTC 10363259 Ms nuala canny [Signature #3470] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10294968?utm_medium=rss am appalled by this legislation

]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:21:54 UTC 10294968 miss louisa yorke [Signature #3469] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10251547?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:29:39 UTC 10251547 Alanna Garvey [Signature #3468] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10249198?utm_medium=rss Had 2 safe homebirths. Initial research by Southern Health Board showed Homebirths safe. International research shows less problems than in hospital for low risk mums, ie mums who qualify NOW, BEFORE this bill.
Bill will drive mothers to accidentally give birth alone at home, unattended.

]]> Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:05:24 UTC 10249198 Mr Michael Balonek [Signature #3467] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10021145?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:14:34 UTC 10021145 Lisa Howard [Signature #3466] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9850989?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:36:26 UTC 9850989 Mrs Louise Fleming [Signature #3465] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9838138?utm_medium=rss Please do not introduce any further legislation that will limit an Irish woman's ability to have a natural birth (incl. home birth if desired). I had a dream birth with the Community Midwives in Holles St (early release progamme). Nowhere else could I have got this care, even if I had paid thousands of euro. I am so proud of this part of our maternity health care - it is world class. Please don't go backwards-enhance natural biths, don't restrict them.

]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 06:20:00 UTC 9838138 Nicola Murphy [Signature #3464] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9785353?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:10:16 UTC 9785353 mrs jennifer Monahan [Signature #3463] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9603029?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:56:23 UTC 9603029 Miss Ruth McGirr [Signature #3462] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9597952?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:12:10 UTC 9597952 Miss Karen Kearney [Signature #3461] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9581420?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:02:19 UTC 9581420 Ms Maria Horace [Signature #3460] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9433929?utm_medium=rss It's womans right to bring her child into the safe and loving envirnoment of home, it reduces the stress and allows for bonding.

]]> Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:49:19 UTC 9433929 Mrs Sharon Kane [Signature #3459] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9384066?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:29:33 UTC 9384066 Ms Sarah Browne [Signature #3458] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9383940?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:24:06 UTC 9383940 Ms Roslyn Baldwin [Signature #3457] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9380900?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:17:34 UTC 9380900 Liz Quinn [Signature #3456] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9378165?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Jan 2011 05:02:56 UTC 9378165 Sarah Whelan [Signature #3455] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9365696?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:45:33 UTC 9365696 Dr. Lindsey Cox [Signature #3454] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9365585?utm_medium=rss As a woman, I'm disgusted at the continued efforts to suppress women!

]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:29:34 UTC 9365585 Micheal O Maidin [Signature #3453] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9365506?utm_medium=rss As free and informed consent is the cornerstone of medical treatment, this bill is both unlawful and outrageous.

]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:17:58 UTC 9365506 claire walsh [Signature #3452] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9354100?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:08:03 UTC 9354100 Ms Olive Conlan [Signature #3451] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9344524?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:03:21 UTC 9344524 Ms Orla Conlan [Signature #3450] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9344467?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:57:19 UTC 9344467 Mr Dominic Galvin [Signature #3449] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9340109?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:04:05 UTC 9340109 Ms Julie O' Brien [Signature #3448] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9326016?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:38:18 UTC 9326016 Mrs Ann O'Byrne [Signature #3447] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9323166?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:03:22 UTC 9323166 Mrs Alissa Donoghue [Signature #3446] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313042?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:39:26 UTC 9313042 amelia jensen [Signature #3445] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9307048?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:27:43 UTC 9307048 Mrs Rebecca Cuffe [Signature #3444] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9293453?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:25:40 UTC 9293453 ms Sharon Richmond [Signature #3443] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9292938?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:26:06 UTC 9292938 Anonymous [Signature #3442] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9290006?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:40:44 UTC 9290006 mrs Anonymous [Signature #3441] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9287747?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:13:01 UTC 9287747 Aoife Keegan [Signature #3440] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9286599?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:17:31 UTC 9286599 Ms Giita Hammond [Signature #3439] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9286079?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:15:05 UTC 9286079 Mr Joss Moorkens [Signature #3438] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9283637?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:49:51 UTC 9283637 Mrs Anna Sherliker [Signature #3437] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9257104?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:45:39 UTC 9257104 Ms Grace Hughes [Signature #3436] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9209986?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:51:50 UTC 9209986 Miss Anonymous [Signature #3435] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9207038?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Jan 2011 04:00:45 UTC 9207038 Ms Anonymous [Signature #3434] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9197155?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Jan 2011 05:27:42 UTC 9197155 Miss Anonymous [Signature #3433] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9195296?utm_medium=rss The irish maternity care provision is already lagging behind the rest of europe so appallingly without being damaged further by a terrible government.

]]> Sun, 2 Jan 2011 01:32:34 UTC 9195296 mr scott hunter [Signature #3432] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9192612?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Jan 2011 03:49:47 UTC 9192612 ms Jacinta Carey [Signature #3431] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9191097?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jan 2011 05:56:36 UTC 9191097 ms megan sheppard [Signature #3430] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9181149?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:23:08 UTC 9181149 Jessica Dean [Signature #3429] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9178373?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:04:01 UTC 9178373 Mr Anonymous [Signature #3428] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9177770?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:45:17 UTC 9177770 Doris Fischler [Signature #3427] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9177065?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:17:20 UTC 9177065 claire mcgarvey [Signature #3426] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9166937?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Dec 2010 04:54:29 UTC 9166937 Mrs Niamh Dempsey [Signature #3425] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9143853?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:33:59 UTC 9143853 Ms Mary Minihane [Signature #3424] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9136242?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:40:13 UTC 9136242 Orla Shanaghy [Signature #3423] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9128491?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:46:38 UTC 9128491 Julia Allen [Signature #3422] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9123248?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:26:16 UTC 9123248 Mr Owen Mulcair [Signature #3421] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9082714?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Dec 2010 04:43:54 UTC 9082714 Ms Le Poul Petit Sidonie [Signature #3420] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9075332?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:22:22 UTC 9075332 ms mary richmond [Signature #3419] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9060456?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:40:17 UTC 9060456 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #3418] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9060439?utm_medium=rss I lived in Ireland between July 2009 and July 2010. I experienced a miscarriage there, but was very pleased with the maternity care, especially the open attitude toward midwives and home birth. I feel strongly that this should continue to be an option for a majority of women.

]]> Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:36:02 UTC 9060439 Mrs Hannah Sherlock [Signature #3417] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9056696?utm_medium=rss We must protect women's choices and cherish our midwives.

]]> Tue, 7 Dec 2010 03:40:13 UTC 9056696 Sinead Rowlandd [Signature #3416] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9052666?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Dec 2010 01:47:31 UTC 9052666 Ms Helen Cranny [Signature #3415] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9050496?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Dec 2010 09:37:40 UTC 9050496 Ms Rose Crowley [Signature #3414] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9049684?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Dec 2010 07:31:48 UTC 9049684 Olaf Karlson [Signature #3413] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9045949?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Dec 2010 04:03:34 UTC 9045949 Ms Alice Gilmour [Signature #3412] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9044678?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Dec 2010 12:50:11 UTC 9044678 ms Sharon Richmond [Signature #3411] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9044585?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Dec 2010 12:34:31 UTC 9044585 Ms Susan Jane Murray [Signature #3410] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9039101?utm_medium=rss I believe in a mother's right to choose.

The HSE is over staffed and under paid. It would be prudent for a mother to assess all options available to her on child birth. Home birth was, and still is, the right choice for me. It may not be for everyone, but that's not for the government to decide.

I have great confidence in the professional services of my midwife. This should not be usurped by the state. I believe it should be encouraged like our European neighbours in Holland.

]]> Sat, 4 Dec 2010 05:00:59 UTC 9039101 mrs mary doyle [Signature #3409] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9035940?utm_medium=rss Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:16:20 UTC 9035940 Malgorzata Stach [Signature #3408] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9031450?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Dec 2010 12:38:10 UTC 9031450 Ms Hannah Dare [Signature #3407] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9030656?utm_medium=rss I strongly support women's and men's rights to choose the location for the safe birth of their child.

]]> Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:01:06 UTC 9030656 Mrs Jacquie Brennan [Signature #3406] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9026947?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Dec 2010 04:23:04 UTC 9026947 ms jill bell [Signature #3405] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9026747?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Dec 2010 03:48:46 UTC 9026747 Ms Erica Murray [Signature #3404] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9025900?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Dec 2010 01:28:52 UTC 9025900 Ms Anonymous [Signature #3403] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9025527?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:25:22 UTC 9025527 Ms Kate Whelan [Signature #3402] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9023448?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Dec 2010 04:52:15 UTC 9023448 Miss Katie Holmes [Signature #3401] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9023085?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Dec 2010 03:13:03 UTC 9023085 Mrs Amy Cullen [Signature #3400] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9022771?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Dec 2010 01:00:58 UTC 9022771 Mrs Sharon Clarke [Signature #3399] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9021332?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:34:38 UTC 9021332 Orla McLaughlin [Signature #3398] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9021035?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:34:44 UTC 9021035 Ms Eibhlín Pléamonn [Signature #3397] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9019218?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:20:58 UTC 9019218 Georg Dehn [Signature #3396] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9017150?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:45:08 UTC 9017150 Juri Wolf [Signature #3395] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9015494?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:16:51 UTC 9015494 Ms Eimear Markey [Signature #3394] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9013507?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:51:15 UTC 9013507 Ms Cliona Howley [Signature #3393] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9011660?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:08:14 UTC 9011660 mrs Lisa Fincaryk [Signature #3392] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9010120?utm_medium=rss This is wrong if we have the right to abort babies then we have the right to birth them where we want!

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:21:59 UTC 9010120 Malissa Marshall [Signature #3391] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9009517?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:10:32 UTC 9009517 Susanne Lüderitz [Signature #3390] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9008441?utm_medium=rss We, the undersigned, call on the Irish Government and HSE to hold the proposed legislation in order to revise the MOU and terms of the State's Clinical Indemnity Scheme.

We believe that (i) until revisions are made to protect the fundamental rights of women to make informed decisions regardless of her choice is respected and (ii) the MOU's criteria regarding place of birth is applied in the evidenced best practice way outlined by NICE, the proposed legislation must not be passed.

We ask this i

]]> Sun, 28 Nov 2010 03:43:01 UTC 9008441 Ms Cliona Lynch [Signature #3389] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9006838?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:56:29 UTC 9006838 Ms kathrin fritz [Signature #3388] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9006397?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:15:29 UTC 9006397 nicolas kameneff [Signature #3387] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9005516?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Nov 2010 04:55:37 UTC 9005516