Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister and that is really helpful. We have discussed general practice but in the acute setting, doctors, nurses and midwives will be able to opt out and conscientiously object. It is not covered in legislation and I imagine it should not be as it is an operational matter. Will the Minister speak to the concerns that some may have about concerns relating to rostering, for example? In a smaller hospital, for example, there may be a very limited number of obstetricians or midwives. How are they protected in ensuring they are not rostered into a situation if a colleague is on leave, sick or whatever? Is it possible they may end up being asked to participate in a termination?