Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome and thank the guests. It is a relaxed session and I find it beneficial. The submission from Dr. Gerard Burke says it is unwise to attempt to produce a prescriptive legislative framework to cover all eventualities. Are clinical guidelines preferable and does legislation run the risk of being overly prescriptive? The witnesses make no reference to head 4 in the submission. Is termination of pregnancy justifiable on the grounds of the mother's threat of suicide? Will many of the witnesses' colleagues have concerns about it?

Resources have been mentioned all day. With the conscientious clause and the risk of having to employ dozens more people in the profession, we will not see our children's hospital built until 2050. The date was put back to 2017-----