Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I ask him to take on board that the Patient Focus representatives and the women themselves have not yet been engaged with by the Minister or his departmental officials on the enactment of the proposals. There is real concern that the commitment in the programme for Government refers to the age grounds alone. Of the 35 women excluded, 29 were excluded on age grounds alone. However, there were six others of the 35, including two who lost children in very distressing circumstances and under the same hand-----

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