Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The amendment tabled by Senator Fidelma Healy Eames is an effort to change section 9. I do not agree with it. I have no wish to amend the section as I would prefer if the section was not in the Bill. Most of the Bill is well crafted by the Department of Health, and most people accept that. Nobody doubts the bona fides of the Department in this regard. However, this is a very important issue. The evidence was given to the committee but nobody seems to be reading that. Eminent psychiatrists have said that termination is not a treatment for suicidal ideation. The Bill is not evidence-based.