Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

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

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed)

4:25 pm

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

I am very pleased to inform the Deputy that as a consequence of the recently published report accepted by the Government on the formation of hospital groups, the scenario described will not pertain because within the groups there will be people who will have an obligation to travel to the hospital to perform those procedures and deliver those services if those normally present in a hospital all have a conscientious objection. They are now all under the one management, staff and team structure. It is another unforeseen bonus of hospital groups.

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