Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is so ridiculous, I could not believe it myself. I doubt she was misleading me, however. She told me her most common procedure as a gynaecologist was TOP, termination of pregnancy.

Just because an anaesthetist is in the hospital, it does not mean he or she is present at the termination. Let us call a spade a spade and proceed in a humane, sensitive way to ensure that the little unborn baby's life, if it has to be ended, is ended with a bit of dignity and pain-free. That is all I am asking for. I will take the Minister's counsel and read the regulations. I will not press the amendment now, but will reserve the right to re-enter it on Report Stage.