Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I fully accept that the purpose of the Bill is to clarify the rights that exist and I totally agree that we need constitutional certainty when we are dealing with the particular issue of TMFR. I am not trying to put the Minister on the spot but it is not being dealt with today and the vast majority of the women who came in and shared their stories with us will never ever use any legislation that is passed because please God, what has happened to them will never happen again. They are lobbying on behalf of future cases so that other women will not have to go through what they went through. Can the Minister offer any comfort or solace to them based on the fact that we cannot do it in this Bill but on the basis of what could or would be done in the future?