Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Justice Laffoy for her work, the work of her team and that of the assembly as well as for all the reading material she gave us to absorb over the summer. It was very helpful. Some questions have been asked already and answered satisfactorily so I will try to confine myself to just one or two.

In her opening statement, Ms Justice Laffoy said that, in an additional question on the ballot paper, 72% of members recommended that a distinction should not be drawn between the physical and mental health of the woman. When the questions were framed, a significant number of them were on health. They are about risk to life, physical health, mental health and health. The majority of the questions have a reference to health in them. Would it be fair to say that, while examining the issue of health and the legal framework around this issue, the focus of the Citizens' Assembly was centred predominantly on health?