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

8:30 pm

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

I was just saying that psychiatrists will be informed by best practice. We know we cannot include a definition of "best practice" in the legislation because it has no legal status at the moment. They will also work in accordance with "accepted practice", as defined by the Medical Council, which is informed by the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. I think there is a great deal of reassurance in what I have said. We do not have objectivity in this area of medicine. We know that. That is why we have provided in this legislation for two psychiatrists, to ensure there are two opinions.

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