Human Rights Issues

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 February 2012

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Questions (193)

Eoghan Murphy

Question:

194 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health when he will be appointing an expert group to consider the implications of last year’s ECHR ruling in the ACB v Ireland case on Ireland’s abortion law; the number that will be in this group; and how its members will be selected. [5846/12]

Written answers

Minister for Health (Deputy James Reilly)

I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the Expert Group on the ABC v Ireland judgment of the European Court of Human Rights was established on 13th January 2012. The Group consists of fourteen members who have all been selected based on their medical, legal, and policy expertise.