Dr. Tony Holohan:

I could identify several such cases and it is a complex issue. As Dr. McKenna said, there are multiple potential barriers for those in such situations and who are seeking to access services. In some cases, the health services have not given their best in responding as they could and should. I would like to think that people have an increasing understanding of what they are entitled to request access to because of the progress we are making in terms of crisis pregnancy, access to general practitioner services and increasing the awareness and provision of maternity and related services and increasing awareness of access to the kind of services we are discussing and with which the committee is concerned. Health services also have an understanding of their obligations in that regard. All of those things indicate-----