Ms Marie O'Shea:

In terms of fatal foetal anomaly the Department of Health has to reconsider section 11. This is down to the very fact there is no conclusive definitive list of conditions that fall into the category. The Department has to sit down with the providers, lawyers and service users and work out exactly what difficulties they are experiencing in operationalising the section. They have to examine what alternative could be put in place to keep with the legislation. They need to put in place something that can provide certainty to service users so we meet our international law obligations on this side, help our clinicians to provide the care they want to provide and ensure we do not proceed with an Act that is inoperable.