Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This morning I looked at the logo for the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland - wisdom, learning and compassion - and those are what this Bill is about. We must have the wisdom to make the right decisions, the learning skills to listen to witnesses and above all, we must all have compassion. Unfortunately this is not about the lovely, beautiful 4,000 women who go to England every year. It is not about them. I agree about the length of time for the appeals.

Have any of the witnesses in their profession, because of the increase of illegal drug taking by young women, particularly in Dublin, any evidence that more young women who are pregnant with mental illness are contacting their practices? Is that leading to people wanting to end their pregnancies?