Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Monday, 20 May 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed)
5:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
On the procedures to be followed by psychiatrists in the event of certain cases presenting, is it understood and accepted that there is a requirement to comply with the Constitution as determined in the X case by the Supreme Court? Notwithstanding whether or not a wish to have a termination may be based on one or other reason, to what extent do psychiatrists in general accept the need to be in compliance with the Constitution in so far as it has already been determined by the courts?
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