Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations
1:30 pm
Professor William Binchy:
Perhaps I should respond, very briefly. Members might already have seen the evidence that was given in 2013 by the psychiatrists, whose number included a range of people of entirely different value systems, and they were not of the view that this ground was an appropriate one. I think that is a fair summary of the thrust of the evidence that was given. They are the professionals in the area.