Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I also welcome the guests and thank them for their contributions. Is the basic proposition not that there is a separation of powers in the Constitution that does not allow the Supreme Court to direct the Oireachtas to legislate on any topic in a given manner and, thus, the Oireachtas can consider new medical evidence, and current medical thinking and disagree with the X case judgment? Does Mrs. Justice McGuinness think that in a pregnancy with medical complications that there are two patients, considering the strong protection for the unborn child in Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution?