James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank all our experts for coming before us today. Their contributions have been most helpful to me. It is critical that this committee carries out its deliberations in an open and informed manner. The witnesses' contributions will be helpful in that regard. I have a number of questions and will nominate somebody to answer them but I have no difficulty with anybody else taking them or adding to the answers. While some of my questions may seem obvious, my role is not just to ask questions to inform myself but to ask questions that people might like answers to. I will use a question-and-answer format as opposed to posing a lot of questions in one go.

My first question is addressed to Dr. Kenny. In his presentation, he mentioned unenumerated personal rights and how the courts have suggested at times that the unborn had unenumerated rights.

Will he elaborate on how he would see such rights impacting on a situation where there was a repeal simpliciteror a repeal that replaced the provision with more specific or nuanced situations for allowing abortion?