1377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the legal rights and protections afforded under Irish law to a child who survives a termination of pregnancy; if there is a statutory obligation to provide full life-sustaining treatment in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49172/25]
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1378. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the medical protocols in place for the care of a baby born alive after a termination of pregnancy; if neonatal resuscitation and intensive care are mandatory in such cases where there is a prospect of survival; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49173/25]
1379. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if hospital ethics committees are required to review and oversee all cases in which a baby is born alive after a termination of pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49174/25]
1380. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the role of parents in decision-making when a baby is born alive following a termination of pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49175/25]
1381. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if medical practitioners who provide termination services are required to undertake training in neonatal care and resuscitation to ensure the preservation of life in the event of a live birth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49176/25]
1382. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department will publish an anonymised report on cases of babies born alive after terminations of pregnancy, including lessons learned to ensure that every child born alive is afforded full protection and care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49177/25]
2947. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the details of the gestation for all neonatal deaths in 2022 through termination of pregnancy under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, broken down in categories of less than 22 weeks, 22-27 weeks, 28-31 weeks, 32-36 weeks, 37-41 weeks, over 41 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42659/25]
2952. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the audits or reports that have been compiled including information on the care of babies born alive after abortion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42667/25]
3102. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the information provided to women requesting to terminate a pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43225/25]
550. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of reimbursement claims submitted and reimbursed (PCRS), per month, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy by GPs, from January to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40438/25]
790. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the recent legislation in the UK which has effectively legalised abortion for the full nine months of pregnancy; whether her Department has monitored the passage of this legislation; her views on the proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37321/25]
854. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the arrangements that exist to ensure that healthcare professionals who do not wish to participate in abortions can exercise freedom of conscience in this regard during their training as doctors, nurses and midwives and or pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37675/25]
855. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if her Department will undertake further independent research into abortion provision through remote consultations, in light of a report in a newspaper (details supplied) on 1 July 2025 on the lack of regulation of telemedicine, and the HSE's more recent position since the 2021 review that telemedicine abortion can make it more difficult to identify coercion o…
322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of any meetings she attended with health professional representative bodies, voluntary organisations, NGOs, lobby groups and other stakeholders (excluding the HSE) relating to or featuring issues regarding termination of pregnancy, from January 2025 to date, in tabular form, including dates, and organisations represented; and if she will make a s…
1351. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of second consultation claims that were made via the primary care reimbursement scheme for termination of pregnancy in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29290/25]
820. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied with the conclusion made in the 2021 Review by the HSE's National Women and Infants Health Programme that telemedicine abortion is safe for women when the HSE in 2022 confirmed that meeting the woman in person increases the likelihood of the provider identifying any coercion or domestic abuse. [25446/25]
821. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if her Department will undertake further independent research into abortion provision in light of the HSE's more recent position since the 2021 review that telemedicine abortion can make it more difficult to identify coercion or abuse. [25447/25]
830. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a list, of any meetings including dates and headline details related to or featuring issues related to termination of pregnancy from January 2025 to date, in tabular form. [25500/25]
837. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health to provide a complete list of all stakeholders represented temporarily or long-term at the termination of pregnancy Data Governance Group, established following the 2023 Review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25639/25]
838. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the purpose and remit of the work of the TOP Data Governance Group; the number of meetings it has held to date, in tabular form; to outline its tasks and or work streams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25640/25]
147. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if the Department will undertake further independent research into abortion provision, in light of the HSE's more recent position since the 2021 review, that telemedicine abortion can make it more difficult to identify coercion or abuse. [24163/25]
185. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on the status of the O'Shea review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23724/25]
1121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a decision was taken at Department of Health and HSE level, prior to the abortion law changing in 2019, to adopt an approach to pregnancy counselling services, such as including the withholding of public funding from any pregnancy counselling agency not prepared to engage in abortion referral under the new legal regime proposed in 2018; and if she will make a …
1122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the figure of 10,021 payments for completed medical abortions (details supplied) represents the number of payments to general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2023, but not to medical abortions provided in hospitals for women between 9 and 12 weeks' gestation; the number of such hospital medical abortions in 2023; the estima…
1123. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which a reported figure of 10,021 early-pregnancy abortions in 2023 (details supplied) can be reconciled with a figure of 9,876 early-pregnancy abortions in the Department of Health abortion report for the same year, given that the figure of 9,876 includes early-pregnancy abortions in hospitals but the figure of 10,021 does not; the number of early-pre…