Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the expert witnesses. If a patient is suicidal and suffering from mental illness, will she be legally competent to give permission for an abortion in accordance with head 4 of the Bill? Where a patient is suicidal, would the provision of full-time care, which includes close observation, reduce the risk of self-destruction to a significantly low level? If a patient has stated suicidal intent but is not suffering from mental illness, which criteria will be used by psychiatrists to decide that a real and substantial risk of suicide exists? If a patient is suicidal but not suffering from mental illness, what psychiatric and medical treatment can be provided?