Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health
Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage
6:00 pm
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Where the Bill provides for certain panels to be established in respect of certification appeals under sections 7 and 9, is it not the case that the panels could draw from a broader range of people based on the requirements that present in real terms? I ask the Minister to clarify that issue in order to permit me a clearer understanding of the answer he gave Deputy Healy. It is reasonable after the many years that have elapsed since the Government was obliged to legislate that a guarantee or assurance be given that the legislation will proceed quickly.
I do not doubt the Minister's intent on that.