Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee
2:00 pm
Rónán Mullen (Independent)
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The substantive point is that people such as Ms Liz McDermott and the organisation she represents have pointed out obvious things. For example, in a world where we are supposed to be defending, in terms of human rights, the rights of people with disabilities, it is inappropriate to have a separate category of abortion precisely for people with disabilities simply because they are severe.