Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

For the information of Deputy Timmins, I draw his attention to page 4.2 of the written submission of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. It states that the submission re the heads of the Bill has been agreed by the council, the elected decision-making body of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. It states that in a college with more than 864 members there would be a wide range of opinions with regard to the sensitive issue of abortion, reflecting the deep divisions in society about the issue and, therefore, they are confining their comments to the general scheme of the heads of the Bill rather than any overall comment about abortion.