Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank both the expert witnesses for their informative submissions. The medics yesterday mentioned emergency situations where it is easy for them to react when there is a substantial risk to the life of a woman but in situations where the risk is not immediate, such as for cancer or cardiac patients, it is not clear and some of the medics suggested they are still sending those women to England, or those women are choosing to go to England, prior to their treatment. Can the witnesses offer any advice on how we could legally clear that up, allowing us to recognise that substantial does not necessarily mean immediate? It could be a substantial threat to the life of the woman in three or six months.