Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am reassured by the Minister's comments and await the amendment he may bring forward on Report Stage. Personally, I believe terms such as "reasonable opinion", "in good faith" and "as far as practicable" are appropriate. The one that causes some concern is "in good faith" and there may be a legal definition of "in good faith" on which the Minister would like to elaborate. Without the phrase "in good faith" being anchored into something like "best medical practice", it appears to give extraordinary scope to somebody who might be acting without being duly informed, though not with malintent, of what best medical practice is. In the context of provisions elsewhere in the Bill, this might ultimately constitute a fool's pardon for not having been appropriately informed. That is the concern. I welcome what the Minister has said and await the amendments that may be brought forward on Report Stage. The phrase "in good faith" appears to be extraordinarily wide. Will the Minister inform us of what it means in the legal sense?