Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed)

Ms Caitriona Mason:

That is the hope, yes. We are working on it as quickly as we can. I apologise for the way that issues have arisen but that is part of the drafting process. Heads of Bill are the broad brush strokes, the policy intentions. They have remained consistent but as we have delved into giving the detail to those, issues have emerged. It is complicated to balance conflicting rights. We want to ensure that when we bring the Bill before the Houses that it is as constitutionally robust as possible. As a couple of members mentioned earlier, it is vulnerable to challenge.

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