Dr. Tony Holohan:

I will allow other colleagues to come in but as a general point the challenge for us arises when things move from a debate to the reality of legislation and services that become provided for in that legislation, whether or not a change takes place. We will have to support that work and in parallel do, as the Deputy has rightly said, forward planning on how to provide the best access to the services whatever they may be, and on how best to provide the services and in what settings. The planning will set out models that are not constrained - if I can use that term - by the current service models but are service models directed to supporting the operation of the legislation that ultimately becomes part of our law, whatever that may be. I wanted to make that point in principle.

There are aspects of the question that might apply to crisis pregnancy interventions, for example, where good practice questions can arise. In the examination of models, the Department is looking at countries internationally around various different approaches to service provision and legislation and how we might begin to operate for the provisions. This was part of our scenario analysis that I spoke of earlier. Perhaps Ms Donlon or others will comment on aspects of best practice in crisis pregnancy generally.