Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The committee on the eighth amendment made very specific recommendations to the Oireachtas and to me as Minister. It said - as members of this committee are saying now - that it did not want to include foetal abnormality that is not likely to result in a death before or shortly after birth. I hope I am not misrepresenting anyone but the only question being asked here, which is valid, is whether it is appropriate, legally robust and clinically certain enough to cover this in the guidelines.