Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage

8:00 pm

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister clarify another issue that has come up in this debate which is especially pertinent in the case of persons who present with suicidal ideation? In circumstances where a doctor believes there is a more effective remedy than termination but the patient refuses to accept that remedy, can the doctor then sign a certificate to mandate a termination?

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