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

I do not think it is fair to frame the history of what happened to the Bill as there somehow being a minority voting for it. Only approximately nine Deputies abstained that day. There was not a huge number of Deputies abstaining.

I want to pick up on a few things the Taoiseach said. The 28-day limit is really the crucial thing in terms of how fatal foetal anomalies are treated and in stopping the harrowing and tragic testimonies we saw last night. The 28-day limit on when doctors can say there is need of a termination in a case of fatal foetal anomaly was added only after the referendum. It was not in the heads of Bill. People did not vote for it. The requirement for a three-day wait and a repeat visit was never discussed by the citizens' assembly or the joint Oireachtas committee. It was put in by the Government afterwards to try to bring some of its leading members on a journey. It was never discussed by us.

The programme last night also raised the question of rogue agencies. Will the Taoiseach address that in his response? In 2016, after a similar investigation was revealed in the Ireland edition of The Times, he said he was sickened by those claims and vowed to regulate rogue agencies. Eight years later, they are still free to operate.

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