Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 56:

In page 9, to delete lines 23 to 28 and substitute the following:"(4) The obstetrician referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) shall make such arrangements as he or she shall deem to be necessary for the carrying out as soon as may be of the termination of pregnancy to which the certification referred to in subsection (3) relates.".

This brings us back to an earlier discussion we had. My amendment is very similar to amendments Nos. 57 and 58; it is just a different type of wording which says the same thing. It seeks to delete subsection (4) and put in place the proposed wording, which would allow for an obstetrician, as named in the other section, to make arrangements for the carrying out of the termination of pregnancy to which the certification referred to in subsection (3) relates. This is intended to bring about clarity and ensure the obstetrician would have choices in ensuring the termination could take place and could make arrangements as he or she saw fit for that to happen, rather than have it as constrained as in the current wording in subsection (4).