Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Again, it comes down to the assessment. It is not a court of law that we are creating and it is very important that this be retained.

My earlier contribution was open to a number of interpretations. I wish to make it absolutely clear that I am not supporting the amendment as proposed. The purpose of my contribution was to demonstrate that this must and can only be in the process of a clinical assessment. I can see no other justifiable approach to the process. It has to be based on the assessment of appropriately qualified professionals, whose assessment, at the end of the day, must be the final adjudication. I do not support amendment No. 65 because I do not believe that is a situation we should be going into.