Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I have a question on which other members may wish to follow-up. We have dealt with many amendments in respect of which the Minister referred to the legislation and the medical guidelines and how they must marry with or complement each other. My point is that this should be a medical guideline rather than something dealt with in legislation. I am not against medics having advice or guidance available to them or that their science would inform them, far from it. However, it should not be in legislation because by putting it there risks the outcome in respect of which the Minister argued previously, namely, the criminalisation of medical practitioners who breach the provisions of the Bill. This should not be in the legislative instrument, it should be a medical guideline.