John Gilroy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are talking about treating the underlying cause of suicidality; we are not treating suicidality, because there is no treatment for it. The amendment also contains a provision for a psychiatrist to evaluate a woman twice weekly during the crisis stage of her treatment, but how do we do this if she refuses to co-operate? The idea is clearly not thought out. Do we give people who are suicidal for one reason priority over those who are suicidal for another reason?

I do not believe that is equitable or that one can do that in a republic or in medicine. When one has a close look at this type of nice, woolly, seemingly well thought-out prescription to deal with the issue, it turns into a ball of smoke and is unworkable. It appears to be plucked out of the air.

I could speak until midnight, a Chathaoirligh, but I will not.