Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I support the committee in referring the petition to the Department of Health. Ultimately, it will become a public policy issue and like most policy issues, there will be people who will agree with it and those who will strongly disagree with it. This issue will evoke a great deal of public interest. However, as a first step, the reasonable action to take is to get the opinion of the Department of Health on the implications of carrying this petition through or on any studies it has carried out on the implications of carrying it through.