A TD has challenged the government to prosecute her for possessing tablets which can be used to cause an abortion.

People Before Profit TD Brid Smith held up the tablets during tonight's debate on a bill calling for a referendum on the 8th Amendment.

Holding up a packet of the tablets brought online, Deputy Smith said the Government knew its could not stand over its own laws.

She said the tablets were proof that abortion was reality in Ireland, and that the law should reflect it: