Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly

1:30 pm

Ms Justice Mary Laffoy:

In response to the Deputy's first question, in terms of the expert advice - the expert speakers - I do not know whether the pro-choice or pro-life were represented. The objective was to get people who were going to make an objective presentation. That was the objective. I do not know what their own personal views were. However, I know that they had not taken a stance in public. We did a fair bit of investigation and we were satisfied that the speakers we chose had not taken a stance in public on either side. I ask Ms Finegan to confirm if that is correct.