Dr. Trevor Morrow:

Apart from expressing gratitude on behalf of the Moderator and myself for being asked to be present today, one ethical principle has not yet been mentioned. That principle is foundational to all the Abrahamic faiths, the principle of hospitality. That practice is foundational to the ethos of our faiths and is particularly manifest in the Middle East and the Islamic and Jewish traditions. What is practised by the mother in her care and love for her child, by the extended family for the mother, by the community for that family which historically has lain at the roots of some of the best aspects of what constitutes Irishness. I would encourage that in whatever legislation is necessary, that principle of hospitality is woven into the fabric of such decision making.