Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is my first point. Second, looking at the wording in amendment No. 32 - "having examined the pregnant woman" - we have not discussed the issue of clinical guidelines to which the Minister referred in his speech. I do not see the clinical guidelines mentioned in the legislation. The Minister might give us an update as to how that will tie in with what he stated on Second Stage, that the Department is currently in consultation with the four bodies "with the ultimate aim of developing guidelines for their members on the implementation ... following enactment of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill ... a multidisciplinary committee to develop these ... will be established". Where I am coming at it from a practical level is where it is at and how it ties in with the legislation. Once again, I am asking the practical question.