Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am acting on the advice of the Attorney General. The definition of a stillborn child is contained in section 2(1) of the 2004 Act that provides that a stillborn child means a child who at birth weighs not less than 500 grams or who has a gestation age of not less than 24 weeks and shows no sign of life. The advice from the Attorney General is quite clear. In regard to the particular case about which the Deputy is talking, we are in correspondence with-----