Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations

1:30 pm

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

I wish to state, and should have done so earlier, that the speakers this afternoon have been very informative and that is very much appreciated. I want to direct my question to Ms Zampas. She referred to the first trimester when we were discussing abortion. The Citizens' Assembly has discussed it and made a recommendation providing for the delivery of certainty. Ms Justice Laffoy, who chaired the Citizens' Assembly, has appeared before the joint committee. The recommendations from it are clear. Some 64% said that, to deliver certainty, there should be abortion right to the very end. Ms Zampas has mentioned the first trimester. Given her specialty in human rights law, is she saying it fits better within the first trimester or with what the Citizens' Assembly has recommended? I am looking for evidence from her to back up what the Citizens' Assembly has suggested.

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