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 Jerry ButtimerJerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)
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I am trying to defend the integrity of the process of the Oireachtas committee system which works quite well. This committee works quite well. The point I am making is that there is a duty on those of us on all sides of the debate. I very much welcome that. This is a sensitive, complex matter; it is not black and white. Everybody should be in here debating and discussing it.

I thank Dr. Henchion and Mr. Behan for coming here this afternoon. I thank them for presentations and commend them on their work. I ask Dr. Henchion if it is fair to say that the values system and the mission statement of the Irish Family Planning Association, IFPA, is well known?