The Tánaiste says she understands the parents of a clinically dead woman who is being kept on life support because she's 17 weeks pregnant will probably take court proceedings next week.
Joan Burton's told the Dáil that she became aware of the case last Sunday in a phone call from Health Minister Leo Varadkar.
She says it is for the woman's family and her loved ones to decide how they would like their daughter to be treated.
The Tánaiste says the vast majority of Irish people hold a very centre-ground opinion on cases like this.
She says as a mother and as a woman she believes there is a huge amount of common ground in relation to this debate which is sometimes drowned out by the ultra-noises from both times of what at times can be very extreme debate.
