Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 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

10:00 am

Photo of Mattie McGrathMattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their enlightened contributions. I refer to the document from the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference, which states:


The recent decision by Government to introduce legislation, with regulations, in line with the judgment of the Supreme Court in the X case has brought the future of this highly effective two-patient approach in to serious doubt. It is our view that this decision by the Government is medically unjustified, legally unnecessary and morally unsound.
Does the conference ask that we hold a referendum in this regard?

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