Dr. Deirdre Duffy:

To reinforce what Ms O'Shea said about the position of service providers, I can quote directly from the report and from our data. A consultant neonatologist asked for the “criminality aspect of the Act [to be] removed or dealt with really significantly to allow people to practice in a professional way and would make people feel more protected”. The position of service providers, therefore, including consultants who are specialists relating to this Act and who are central to the delivery of service, is that the continued criminalisation is impacting on their practice.