Hello, it’s Órla Ryan here. Welcome to today’s liveblog of the Oireachtas Eighth Amendment Committee.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Session A: International legal/services context [Dr Gilda Sedgh, Principal Research Scientist, the Guttmacher Institute; Leah Hoctor, Regional Director for Europe, Center for Reproductive Rights]

Session B: Medical law review [Dr Ruth Fletcher, Senior Lecturer in Medical Law from Queen Mary University in London]

Session C: Risks to mental health [Dr Anthony Mc Carthy, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin]

You can watch proceedings below:

iPhone/iPad users: click here. Streams provided by HEAnet.