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
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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The key thing here is to give clarity to the Government and the Oireachtas in drafting the legislation about the opinion. The problem is we are comparing apples and oranges. We have done it a different method. Why do we not do "no restrictions as to reasons up to 12 weeks" or whatever the actual vote was - 22 weeks, the way the Citizens' Assembly actually did it on the gestational periods so that we are absolutely clear?