Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Bríd Smith asked whether there was anything to read into the question of undue influence. There is not. One could substitute that for "any" influence. Maybe it was just a badly chosen word. It is not to suggest that there is some religious influence that is okay and some that is not. What is meant by that is any influence whatsoever.

Deputy Cronin raised various points around women needing to be able to access maternity services beyond the reach of the crozier, which I believe is the phrase she used.

I again assure the Deputy that there will be no such influence, no such reach and no such involvement directly, indirectly or in any other way. I would never bring such a proposal to the Government and it would never pass it. I can promise her there will be absolutely no involvement of that kind whatsoever. She quite rightly said there must be no religious influence. I assure her there will be absolutely no religious influence-----

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