Buttimer: 'Big ask' to have abortion legislation enacted before recess
The Chair of the Oireachtas Health Committee says "it is a big ask" for the government to have abortion legislation enacted before the Dáil's summer recess.
The Committee has heard three days of expert evidence on the proposed draft legislation, much of which focused on the inclusion of suicide ideation as grounds for a termination.
A report will be given to the Minister for Health James Reilly by the end of the month.
Fine Gael TD and Chair of the Committee Jerry Buttimer says the government has committed to enacting the legislation by July but it will be difficult.
"It's a big ask but that's a matter for the chief whip and how they initiate it. First of all it's about the minister for health to come back with the legislation itself.
"The plan according to government is to do so by the end of July."
