Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My next question is for Professor Mullally. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said that access to abortion should primarily be a health care issue, and I totally agree with that. Page 10 of the IHREC document refers to the UN special rapporteur referring to health, rape and fatal foetal impairment. Does Professor Mullally believe that the IHREC is in compliance? If so, there is a big step in talking about socio-economic and family circumstances and the grounds for abortion, while giving the indirect link to health. That is another step. Can Professor Mullally expand on that and explain it? One of the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly was to look at the socio-economic and family circumstances. It is one of the issues we have to debate as well. I am keen to hear the IHREC explanation and understanding of it.