Colette Kelleher (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is not strange. I ask Mr. Conlon to bear with my line of questioning. Does he accept what the working group has been told in the consultation by the Start doctors, the Irish College of General Practitioners, the Irish Family Planning Association and others, that is, that in Ireland today there are very real barriers to women accessing the best and most effective contraceptives during their fertile and reproductive lives? In Mr. Conlon's opening statement he said the notion that there is a sizeable affordability challenge across the population in accessing contraception remains unproven. Who does he believe? Does he believe the IFPA, the doctors or the Irish College of General Practitioners, or does he have an alternative view?