James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett's question, I reiterate that it is not my role to prescribe what doctors should do.

That is not my role as a Minister and it would be a dangerous road for us to take to prescribe to doctors what they do. I believe the intent here is to ensure that all means of dealing with the problem are explored. However, once we start specifying the use of specific words, we are into prescriptiveness. We must run away from that a wee bit.