Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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The witness obviously based her paper on the Citizens' Assembly. There were two elements to it. Undoubtedly, a change to the Constitution was envisaged by the assembly. I hope that it will be a straightforward repeal, although that decision has yet to be made, even by this committee. The second phase related to legislation and it cannot predate the referendum. The assembly identified a number of issues, for example, rape and incest, which we have discussed in the committee, that are incredibly difficult to incorporate into law. The on-request provision would take care of some of that up to the first trimester, for example. However, incorporating it afterwards means it could be provided for if there are other sets of circumstances. What are the other circumstances one would have to provide for specifically to cater for that?