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. Paul Brady:

I said that I would come back to Senator Walsh's question. He asked whether the Bill itself should include an expressed requirement that the decision should be based on evidence. I recall from my preparatory work for this meeting that it was a recommendation of the Medical Council that the diagnosis should be evidence-based and that a requirement for same should be included in legislation and/or regulation, but I do not have a view on that.