Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We then deal with ballot paper 3, which is the option chosen by the Citizens' Assembly, which is that there would be a constitutional provision giving the Oireachtas the power to legislate. If that is not acceptable we then move to deal with the next option on the paper. That is the way that the Citizens' Assembly did its work. I am proposing that this is how the committee would do its business next week.

On module 2, as we are required to give some consideration to the Citizens' Assembly recommendations I propose that we take each of those recommendations separately, voting first on whether we believe fatal foetal abnormality is grounds for termination or not. If we do believe it is grounds for a termination, we then vote on the options made available to the Citizens' Assembly, namely, 12 weeks, 22 weeks or no time limit. The proposal which we will be submitting this week for consideration is that termination be a matter for secondary legislation in consultation with the medical profession, rather than primary legislation. That is a proposal which-----