David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

These amendments provide beyond reasonable doubt that a medical professional will not be criminalised for offering genuine medical advice. There is a difference between amendment No. 51 and amendment No. 52. My amendment No. 52 permits the courts to exercise reasonable discretion in determining this, and I think that is a better course of action. I understand the logic of amendment No. 51 from Deputy Shortall but I think the most appropriate way to proceed on this issue is to permit the courts to exercise what my amendment describes as reasonable discretion.

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