Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Durkan for his concluding remarks. For their time and their expert input I thank Dr. O'Brien, Dr. Favier and Dr. Cox from the Irish College of General Practitioners; Dr. Boylan and Dr. Murphy from the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; and Dr. Suzanne Crowe and Mr. Bill Prasifka from the Medical Council. I think their input will inform the legislation, which has not yet been published. This is a very important matter and we will come back to it. We will have greater clarity once the legislation has been published.

I will suspend the sitting briefly because we have been here for four hours and we need to give staff a break. I hope the representatives of the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, can accommodate the suspension.