National Maternity Hospital: Statements Dail Éireann — 2022-05-12 ============================================================ Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow As we discussed yesterday, first, what we can take as a given is that it has been clearly established through Oireachtas debate that the term “clinically appropriate” will absolutely not apply to healthcare services being withheld from women, and I think that is the genuine concern people have. Second, I do not know if the health committee accepts it, but I am absolutely willing to write to the health committee----- --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2022-05-12/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:50:26+00:00 Sitting date: 2022-05-12