Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

My point is that given the seriousness of the issue, given the tragic nature of these situations and their frequency, and the moral obligation on all of us to do everything we possibly can to avert a situation where more women must unnecessarily go through these tragic circumstances, surely the Minister has an obligation to explore every possibility for including this element in the Bill.

The amendment is one proposal to the Minister. Ms Jennifer Schweppe has put another proposal, where the Government would essentially put the same amendment as an accompanying Bill. Even if that accompanying Bill, which would essentially be this amendment but set as an accompanying Bill which would be read together with the main Bill, were struck down, it would have no impact on the main Bill. Those are two options the Minister could explore and we are asking him to explore them.