Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

On amendment No. 10, I do not know of any other area of medical practice where we legislate to tell doctors how to do their jobs. I do not understand why such an amendment would be tabled. We have to trust doctors because if we do not, we are at nothing.

Deputy Billy Kelleher used the term "belts and braces" in discussing one of his amendments. If one is ever to introduce doubt, the best way to do so is to say something twice. If it is in the Bill, as drafted, why does it need to be provided for a second time? These are unnecessary and, frankly, on behalf of medical professionals, insulting amendments.