264. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department maintains a central register identifying organisations in receipt of Irish Official Development Assistance funding which publicly campaign for changes to abortion laws internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36817/26]
Topics / Abortion Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsAbortion Services
131 questions from 17 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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265. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any legal advice has been sought since 2019 regarding the compatibility of pooled multilateral funding arrangements with Government assurances that Irish taxpayer funding is not used for abortion-related purposes internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36818/26]
266. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Department intends to introduce a more detailed expenditure-classification and reporting framework for sexual and reproductive health funding in order to improve transparency and public accountability regarding the end-use of Irish overseas aid funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36819/26]
1079. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide, with respect to termination of pregnancy services for each year from 2019 to date, the total number of GP visit claims submitted for first and second visits; the number of non-GP visit related claims; the total number combined for GP and non-GP visit claims; the total number of termination of pregnancies estimated to have taken place across all provid…
1106. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have had two or more terminations of pregnancy notified under the 2018 Act since 1 January 2019, by year and by whether the repeat procedure occurred within 12 months of the previous one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34615/26]
1107. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of terminations carried out after 12 weeks' gestation on the ground that there is a condition likely to lead to the death of the foetus before or within 28-days of birth in each year since 2019, by specific condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34616/26]
1108. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who received a termination of pregnancy under the 2018 Act and who were subsequently referred for dedicated post-termination mental health or counselling support through the HSE in each year since 2019; the uptake rate of such referrals; and whether any follow-up audit has been conducted on long-term outcomes; and if she will make a statement …
1109. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total Exchequer funding allocated specifically to the provision of termination of pregnancy services (broken down between community/GP settings and hospital settings) in each year since 2019 to date; and to compare this with the annual funding provided to crisis pregnancy support agencies and adoption services in the same period; and if she will make a statem…
1110. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether any audits or compliance checks have been carried out on the accuracy and completeness of notifications submitted under section 20 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the findings of any such audits; and the number of instances, if any, where sanctions were applied for non-compliance [34619/26]
1111. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the HSE or HSE-funded clinics have engaged in the advertising or promotion of termination of pregnancy services since 2019, including details of any public campaigns, their cost, targeting methods and content; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34620/26]
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…