Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 10 is not necessarily a charge on the Exchequer. I want to put a simple question to the Minister. Why does he feel a need to put that in there and at the same time not require a reciprocal commitment to remain with it from the laboratories if they enter into a tribunal? It is my understanding that they can withdraw from a tribunal. We are asking women to make a commitment by signing a waiver but we are not asking the laboratories to make any commitment. I understand that they would not sign a waiver but we could ask them to reciprocate by signing something that says that once they engage, they will remain and cannot pull out. The Minister might tell me that this would be illegal but if they were to sign it willingly before they enter, it strikes me as a quid pro quoinstead of the onus being solely on the women.

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