Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the three witnesses for their engagement. I will follow up on what my colleague has been questioning. I am interested to hear the views of the other two witnesses on the possibilities in this regard. Mr. Kelly has taken an absolute position on this. This is a choice of ours, the court's decision being that it is a competence of the Oireachtas. If we choose to introduce this in a very restricted way on day one, is there is an absolute guarantee it will not evolve over time? In previous sessions, some of our witnesses spoke about how such provision was introduced elsewhere in a very restrictive way initially and this had an impact from a cultural perspective, leading over time to a more liberal approach. I am interested to hear the views of Dr. Mills and Professor Huxtable on that.