Dáil debates
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
12:40 pm
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source
The Minister for Health met the family at the centre of the crisis in the National Maternity Hospital on 29 August, which I welcome. This is the case where a healthy baby was aborted under the Government's legislation, under the section concerning life-limiting conditions and fatal foetal abnormalities. It is a heartbreaking situation. The mother has said she was examined by only one obstetrician. In that meeting, the Minister acknowledged that the medical notes indicated that the legislation was breached and it was also accepted by officials that a case such as this could be a case for the Garda. Shockingly, over six months on the family has still not had an input into the composition of the panel.
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