Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Ancillary Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly Report: Department of Health and the HSE

3:00 pm

Dr. Tony Holohan:

What I can tell the Deputy is in terms of numbers and what we know. As the Deputy may know, we publish an annual report. The numbers that we have reported under the Act, which provides for reports in respect of the three provisions, namely, a risk to life on grounds of physical health, a risk to life on grounds of mental health and then the emergency situation. We have a report in respect of the breakdown of that. The numbers are almost exactly the same from year to year and they are almost exactly in line with what we predicted beforehand. Whether that allows one to say the legislation is working well is another matter. The Deputy also had a question on reviews.

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