Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the point raised by Senator Fidelma Healy Eames, it should be noted that the Health Service Executive has strict guidelines on how to deal with a situation where a pregnant woman is in need of psychiatric care or where a baby is born to a woman in those circumstances. There are standard procedures in respect of court applications and so on. The legislation is not introducing anything new in that regard.