Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 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

11:50 am

Photo of Ciara ConwayCiara Conway (Waterford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry I was not present in the Chamber for Dr. Brady's presentation, but I was listening and I have read it. There is something that he has not dealt with and on which I wonder whether I could get his position. It is something about which I have asked others who have appeared, that is, consent. Reverting back to the X case and that the age of the girl was 14, we heard this morning already from some of the legal experts on the Law Reform Commission's document on medical consent.

I understand that deals with those aged between 15 and 17 years. However, the girl in the X case was 14 years of age. I ask the ICCL's position on consent.

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