Ms Justice Mary Laffoy:

I was very keen to have the transcripts in the report and we did that. I would recommend that members read the transcripts of the account of women who told us about their personal experiences. They are worth reading.

To get back to the Deputy's earlier question, the information the members of the assembly were given on rape was very thorough. We had Dr. Maeve Eogan from the sexual assault treatment unit, SATU, in the Rotunda Hospital, Noeline Blackwell from the Rape Crisis Centre, and Tom O'Malley, and it is worth reading all of that material.

On the Deputy's particular concern about the legal position, the last two and a half pages of Tom O'Malley's paper are well worth reading; I re-read them at the weekend. We covered all of that material fully and if it comes to implementing a reason on the ground of rape or incest, there is no doubt the law will have to be given a great deal of consideration, but that is a different point.