Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The opportunity was there on more than one occasion for people to come in and sit here but they did not take it. That did the people whom we asked to come in and give us evidence a great disservice.

It is also regrettable that the night we heard from Gerry and Claire from Termination for Medical Reasons that the three people who call themselves the cheerleaders for pro-life – it is not a term that I use but they use it – were not here for whatever reason. Had they been here they would have heard some very compelling evidence given by people from the heart.