Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This amendment aims to remove from the definition of "appropriate institutions" those hospitals that are not owned by the Health Service Executive, HSE. The affect of accepting this amendment would be to exclude the three maternity hospitals and the large public multidisciplinary hospitals in Dublin, which are not owned by the HSE, from the ambit of the operation of this legislation. This would have grave consequences for the safety of women in the Dublin region and beyond. I cannot, therefore, accept the amendment.

The Senator may wish to note, however, that the names of all institutions which will be permitted to lawfully carry out the medical procedure referred to in this legislation are listed in a Schedule to the Bill. Any changes to these provisions will require approval of the Houses of the Oireachtas.