Ms Alice Murphy:

I will give the Senator my honest view on this. When we were drafting the document and we included that the services that would be provided were all clinically appropriate and legally permissible healthcare services, I felt it was a two-step test and a positive statement that all clinically appropriate and legally permissible healthcare services would be delivered. I did not expect the debate which ensued. In light of that debate, as Professor Higgins has mentioned, where the three parties agree to a definition or to removal, I am absolutely satisfied with that. However, my role is adviser, not decision-maker.