Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland
11:05 am
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Accepting that all cases are unique, the formal review process recommendations set out in paragraph 6.7 of the submission this morning include independence, accessibility, transparency, competency and timeliness. I would like to ask Professor Murphy about the issue of timeliness. How long is reasonable for the establishment of a formal review process and the issuance of its decision? Given that no distinction has been drawn between an emergency and all of the other situations, how does one understand emergency? Is this understood to be an immediate situation? There is a distinction drawn between emergency and other situations in section 6.9.2 when conscientious objection is mentioned. A distinction is drawn at that point. Could we have an understanding of timeframes for all of these?
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