Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

From my officials' engagement with the Department of Justice, I think there are ad hocsituations in which individual types of healthcare, dental practice and so on allow for the consent to treatment but there is no clear legal right for a 16- or 17-year-old to refuse treatment in a situation where that is contrary to the view of a parent or guardian. That is the central issue here.