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]
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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130 written, 1 oral
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| July 2025 | 7 |
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| November 2025 | 15 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
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| April 2026 | 7 |
| May 2026 | 24 |
| June 2026 | 8 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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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]
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]
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…