Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not asking the Senator. After that, my understanding is that one is into the medical procedure again, which the Minister described, but in all instances the baby does not survive. It is the killing of the baby. That is the situation. That is my fundamental substantive objection to the Bill. In this instance I would like the Minister to clarify the cusp of viability which is what I focused on with this amendment. I accept what the Minister has said in relation to the amendment. On the cusp of viability, I am told by the people working within the medical profession, who are the people who will be charged with the responsibility to carry out these procedures, that their legal advice is that they are exposed or, at best, that it is ambiguous and that they do not have liability cover and, therefore, that the clarity surrounding their position will be better, should the baby not survive the procedure. Will the Minister tell the House how and where the liability issue for a baby who survives covers the medical profession, the practitioner involved?