Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association

1:30 pm

Photo of Peter FitzpatrickPeter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Since the introduction of the eighth amendment, there have been no prosecutions of doctors or other medical personnel. All I am trying to say is that one aspect of this debate really annoys me. As the Chairman knows, I say every week that Ireland is one of the safest places in the world to have a pregnancy. I think it is an absolute disgrace that counsellors from the agencies that are coming in here are encouraging patients to tell lies. It is a pity we do not have someone else coming in here to agree with everything I have said so far.