Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed)

12:35 pm

Photo of Michelle MulherinMichelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The use of the maxim "justice delayed is justice denied" distracts from the fact that what we are ultimately referring to is a medical decision. We like to believe that such decisions are based on medical evidence and we are trying to provide a framework for this. The Minister referred earlier to the possibility that an emergency decision might have to be made. The comment I made was in reference to that.