Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed)

11:10 am

Mr. Tony O' Connor:

My apologies to Deputy Troy for not initially understanding the question he raised. If I understand him correctly, he is asking whether the legislation creates a presumption. My view, which may well differ from his own, is that it is representing the existing law. It may be putting it into a statute, but it is the existing law.