In May 2018, the Irish people decided to repeal the eighth amendment to the Constitution. We all fully accept the decision of the people on that date. Forming a huge part of that decision was the three-day mandatory reflection period or cooling-off period from one consultation to the next. I am disappointed that Sinn Féin is the latest party to come forward to propose to remove that three-day mandatory wait. We are moving the goalposts on the people. We asked them to vote for something. We gave them the detail and they voted. We accept that, but now we are moving the goalposts by removing the three-day mandatory wait. I came across statistics from the HSE recently, which were enlightening. It stated that between 17% and 18%, which is roughly about one in every six women, who attend a first consultation with their GP do not attend the second. Surely, our time would be better spent reflecting and interrogating that data to see exactly what is going on here. We all have our opinions on it. I fully accept the decision that was made on that date but I have a problem with us changing what the Irish people were asked to vote for on that occasion.

Hear, hear.