Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and their submissions. As Deputy Ó Caoláin said, many of the questions here are repetitious and the newer ones - the question of eligibility and the issue of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act - have already been identified by Deputy Kelleher and Deputy Ó Caoláin. Will the witnesses clarify if their groups support the expert group report's recommendation of legislation and regulation as the preferable procedure? There has been a suggestion with regard to suicide that women would manipulate their doctors. Will the witnesses comment on that?

The question of appeal and review has been raised in the submissions. Will the witnesses clarify and expand on that, particularly on the time element and the timeliness of any review procedure?

Finally, we have received recommendations in the past few days, particularly from some of the legal representatives, suggesting that the issue of fatal foetal abnormality could and should be dealt with in this legislation. Will the witnesses comment on that?