Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have not had the opportunity to see the report from the committee on human rights but I absolutely sympathise and understand the concern of Deputies for any woman with a fatal foetal abnormality. I obviously cannot answer for what action the Government will take on foot of this finding. As the Deputy knows, change in the area requires an amendment of our Constitution, as Deputies have indicated. In the programme for Government, we have set out an approach where there will be within six months the establishment of a citizens' assembly. It will not have a specific mandate to reach any particular conclusion and it will obviously be open to the citizens' assembly to examine all the issues and come back to the Oireachtas.

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