635. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of live births following termination of pregnancy reported by maternity hospitals in each year since 2019, and the number of those babies who survived beyond four weeks. [64912/25]
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636. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a neonatologist must be present or on call in all cases where a live birth is clinically possible during a termination of pregnancy, and if national policy requires this. [64913/25]
637. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of maternity hospitals that currently have written protocols for responding to live births following termination of pregnancy, and if she will provide copies of these protocols. [64914/25]
638. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if clinical staff involved in terminations of pregnancy receive specific training on the management of live births, including resuscitation and neonatal stabilisation procedures. [64915/25]
639. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of internal reviews, audits or incident reports completed by the HSE or maternity hospitals relating to live births following termination of pregnancy since 2019, and if she will publish the findings. [64916/25]
640. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure consistent national practice in responding to live births following termination of pregnancy, including the role of the National Women and Infants Health Programme. [64917/25]
641. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a statutory reporting requirement for maternity hospitals to notify the HSE and her Department of all live births following termination of pregnancy, including clinical outcomes. [64918/25]
642. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of cases since 2019 in which palliative care pathways were used for babies born alive following termination of pregnancy, and the criteria applied in those decisions. [64919/25]
958. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to issue a thorough, transparent investigation into the treatment and legal protection of the 79 babies (details supplied) who were born alive but subsequently died in Ireland after abortion procedures between 2019 and 2022; the medical safeguards in place to ensure that the rights of babies born in Ireland after abortion procedures are respected and upheld; if…
987. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out during 2024 in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, by gestation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61331/25]
989. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when a baby is born alive through an abortion procedure, according to clinical guidance, the health professionals which should be present in the room and responsible for the care of the baby immediately after birth; if a neonatologist is on call in all such cases where a live birth is a possibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61345/25]
990. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of babies which have been born alive after abortion in Ireland from 2019 to date in 2025, and survived more than four weeks after birth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61346/25]
991. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 18 September 2025, the number of clients which availed of counselling at HSE funded organisations who provide face to face and virtual counselling sessions, for unplanned pregnancy advice and support; separately the figure which provides post abortion counselling, in tabular form, by year from 2019 to date in 2025; and …
363. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the training provided by the HSE from 2019 onwards to medical staff involved in carrying out late term abortions; if HSE medical staff have travelled abroad to receive such training since 2019; if so, to provide details of same, and the expense incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56269/25]
833. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 7 October 2025, if her Department has accepted the recommendations of the Marie O’Shea report in regard to the removal of the three-day waiting period, the end of criminalisation of doctors and the need for clarity when it comes to providing abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality; and to detail the work of her D…
893. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the amount a GP is currently reimbursed for each abortion, after a claim for a woman's first consultation, after a claim for her second consultation; the other payments to the GP for further consultations; if these payments are liable for tax or are exempt from tax; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55342/25]
668. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if her Department will accept the recommendations of a report (details supplied) into abortion services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53547/25]
334. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the counselling services that are required to be provided to women prior to undergoing an abortion; the counselling and after-care services that are provided following an abortion; whether these services are actively offered or only made available on request; and the data available on the number of women who avail of such services. [49346/25]
335. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health in respect of the 12 cases reported in 2022 in which babies were born alive following abortion, whether the women in those cases were offered counselling before and after the procedures; whether any of those mothers availed of counselling; if her Department has reviewed the adequacy of psychological and emotional supports in these specific cases; and whether any f…
337. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the national guidelines that govern the provision of counselling in the context of abortion; whether these guidelines have been updated in light of the 12 cases in 2022 in which babies were born alive; and if not, whether the Minister intends to review or amend the guidelines to ensure that adequate psychological support is guaranteed to both patients and staff. […
338. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains statistics on counselling sessions offered and availed of in abortion cases; whether anonymised data is published on post-abortion mental health outcomes; whether the provision of counselling in cases of babies born alive will be included in any forthcoming review or report; and if she will make such information publicly available …
1373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of cases which occurred in which a baby was born alive following a termination of pregnancy by gestational age, cause of termination, place of termination, and outcome, in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49168/25]
1374. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to clarify the medical and legal definition of born alive as applied in termination of pregnancy cases; to confirm the point at which a baby is regarded as a living human being entitled to care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49169/25]
1375. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reporting obligations on medical practitioners when a baby is born alive after a termination of pregnancy; if these cases are reported to the coroner, An Garda Síochána, or Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49170/25]
1376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if each of the 12 cases reported in 2022 in which a baby was born alive after a termination of pregnancy complied fully with the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 and with Ireland’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49171/25]