Questions

1113. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation status of any recommendations from the independent review of the 2018 Act that specifically relate to strengthening safeguards for women, improving data collection on repeat procedures or coercion, or enhancing non-directive counselling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34622/26]

222. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of first consultations and second consultations for abortions that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28878/26]

848. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to state clearly whether any statutory, regulatory or clinical obligation exists requiring healthcare professionals to report cases in which signs of life are observed following a termination of pregnancy; and if no such obligation exists, the rationale for its absence. [28196/26]

849. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health which body holds formal responsibility for clinical governance oversight in cases where signs of life are observed following termination of pregnancy; whether such cases fall under the HSE Incident Management Framework; and if she will outline the escalation pathway. [28197/26]

850. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any data relating to cases in which signs of life are observed following termination of pregnancy is captured at hospital level, even if not centrally collated; and whether she will direct the HSE to compile and report such data nationally. [28198/26]

851. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she considers that the absence of any national audit, review or reporting mechanism in relation to cases where signs of life are observed following termination of pregnancy represents a deficiency in patient safety governance; and if she will commit to commissioning an independent clinical audit. [28199/26]

852. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has examined international clinical governance standards or reporting requirements in comparable jurisdictions regarding cases where signs of life are observed following termination of pregnancy; and if so, the findings of that analysis. [28200/26]

2920. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to detail the procedure for hospitals if an unborn baby is born alive following an abortion procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24768/26]

1767. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated to fund abortion provision, and to provide a breakdown of all expenditure on abortion provision, from 2018 to date in 2026, by all categories, in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18868/26]

1808. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of babies born alive after abortion procedures from 2019 to 2025, broken down by which section of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was applicable (section 9, section 10 or section 11); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19029/26]

2169. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 958 of 18 November 2025, which confirmed that at least four babies were born alive after abortion who had reached 24 weeks gestation or 500g birthweight and were not diagnosed with major congenital anomalies, whether these babies received any medical or nursing interventions with the aim of sustaining life, or received onl…

498. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will immediately reassess the safety and clinical appropriateness of telemedicine abortion services in light of rising concerns regarding coercive control; if she will establish a taskforce to investigate the ease with which controlling partners can obtain such medications; her views on the immediate steps being taken to ensure in-person clinical safeguar…

499. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total State funding allocated specifically to post-abortion counselling services in each of the years 2023, 2024, and 2025; the number of women who accessed these specific supports in that period; if she is satisfied that the current 'MyOptions' model provides sufficient face-to-face long-term psychological support; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

500. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the data-sharing protocols between GPs and community pharmacists regarding the distribution of abortion medication; if there is a centralised tracking system to monitor if multiple requests for such medication are made by or for the same individual across different providers; and if she has engaged with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs an…

948. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1038 of 20 January 2026, the total number of babies, from 2019-2025, who have been born alive after abortion procedures in cases where no major congenital anomaly was diagnosed; the gestation of the babies in these cases, broken down in categories (less than 16 weeks, 16-21 weeks, 22-27 weeks, 28-31 weeks, 32-36 weeks; 37 o…

265. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 12 February 2026, if a response will issue to the question given the authors of that report referred to in the answer stated in the Oireachtas Committee on Health (details supplied) that they did not speak to one woman. [12992/26]

551. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted or will conduct research into the reasons women seeking an abortion chose not to attend their second appointment after the initial consultation appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11206/26]

1111. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE have carried out an internal review or investigation into the impact of the three-day waiting period provision within the existing abortion legislation, including input from women who continued their pregnancies after an initial consultation about abortion with a GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9897/26]

1130. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 22 January 2026, the date of and the matters discussed in the meeting with pro-life groups she referred to in the response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8318/26]

11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will legislate to end the three-day wait for abortion services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4679/26]

933. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether she supports the full decriminalisation of abortion by the repeal of section 23 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and the reasons for her position. [3701/26]

639. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of babies born alive after an abortion procedure at 24-weeks' gestation or later; the number of these cases which involved babies diagnosed with major congenital anomalies; the number of babies born alive after abortion earlier than 24-weeks' gestation; the number of them which had been diagnosed with major congenital anomalies, from 2022 to date in …

640. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of abortion cases in which feticide was carried out in each of the years from 2019, to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68012/25]

633. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish the clinical guidelines governing the management of live births following termination of pregnancy, including required staff presence, escalation procedures, and neonatal care responsibilities. [64910/25]

634. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department requires maternity hospitals to report all cases where a baby is born alive following a termination of pregnancy, and if not, the reason such reporting is not mandatory. [64911/25]