James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Citizens’ Assembly recommended that Article 40.3.3° would be replaced and authorising the Oireachtas to legislate on the issue. Would it be fair to say that, in doing that, the Citizens’ Assembly was saying to legislate for the categories it had supported, as opposed to saying this is where it felt abortion should be allowed, and, having said all that, the Legislature should make its own decision?

One of the challenges in how we form governments is that we tend to have coalitions. Whatever comes out of this process, there should be certainty. The difficulty is that one can have a particular group holding the balance of power. One could potentially have many swings from one election to the next in terms of where the circumstances where abortion is allowed. Have the witnesses any idea how we address this? I understand that is stepping into the political arena but it is a challenge that will come down the line.