Rónán Mullen (Independent)
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Two issues struck me from the evidence we heard from medical people and from the various families. It became increasingly obvious that what people were looking for was not just the permission for the termination of pregnancy where a child's condition could be said to be fatal such that they would not live long after birth. We also heard medical people saying there should not be a closed list. This seemed to me to veer quickly into very much a case of severe disability grounds.

Second, this is one of these areas where, almost by definition, one is talking about the termination of the life of an unborn child late in pregnancy. We heard from different people.

I was here for the group Deputy Louise O'Reilly referred to. Even if I was not, I do not think anybody's motivations in being here or absent should be second-guessed by any colleague on the committee.