Abortion Services
An official questions-paper heading. 129 questions (1 oral, 128 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-07.
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| Sep 2025 | 14 |
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| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | Abortion Services |
The questions
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-05-20 · to Health
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]
Michael Collins
written
2025-05-20 · to Health
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]
Michael Collins
written
2025-05-20 · to Health
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]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-05-13 · to Health
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]
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2025-05-13 · to Health
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]
Carol Nolan
written
2025-05-13 · to Health
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…
Carol Nolan
written
2025-05-13 · to Health
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…
Carol Nolan
written
2025-05-13 · to Health
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…
Carol Nolan
written
2025-05-13 · to Health
1124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the current system of reporting abortion numbers based on abortion notifications from general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics is seriously inadequate, with a large number of notifications being received late or not at all, and many of those that are received being incomplete; to undertake …
Carol Nolan
written
2025-05-13 · to Health
1125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will include HSE abortion payment data for 2024 in the Department of Health abortion report due to be published end June 2025, specifically the number of payments of €300 to general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2024, and the number of €100 payments to these same providers for post-hospital medical…
Paul Lawless
written
2025-05-13 · to Health
1159. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if, given the HSE’s statement highlighting a link between telemedicine abortion and coercive control, she will commit to ending the practice of telemedicine abortion, given that it fails to adequately safeguard women in vulnerable situations. [15184/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-05-13 · to Health
1215. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare providers who provide abortion services in each county, both in raw figures and as a percentage of total healthcare provision cover, in tabular form; her views on the need to ensure access to reproductive healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24466/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-03-26 · to Health
243. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of sex selective abortion occurring in Ireland (details supplied); and the steps being taken to prevent this happening. [14334/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-03-26 · to Health
252. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if not, the reason the law has not been upheld. [14453/25]
Michael Collins
written
2025-03-25 · to Health
818. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work to date of the National Termination of Pregnancy Service Improvement Group; how many times the group has met since its establishment; full details of membership of the group and their qualifications; the minutes of meetings of the group to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14029/25]
Carol Nolan
written
2025-03-19 · to Foreign
134. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department or any branch of Government liaised with any aid organisations, philanthropic organisations or governments between 2014 and 2024 on the issue of abortion provision in Ireland; if any moneys were donated to this end from said organisations or governments; if so, the precise amounts of money donated and fro…
Carol Nolan
written
2025-03-19 · to Health
1566. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the incidents reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form, specifically incidents causing harm (broken down by severity); other reported incidents (including near miss); the number of complaints by service users/patients; and if s…
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-03-19 · to Health
1733. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents related to termination of pregnancy reported to the national incident management system, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025. [11852/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-03-19 · to Health
1734. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 reported to the State Claims Agency, in each of the past five years, and to date in 2025; the outcomes of claims taken against the State in relation to the Act; the number of claims settled or ongoing; and if she will make a statement on t…
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-03-19 · to Health
1750. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the economic supports provided to mothers who are considering abortion because of economic reasons. [11880/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-03-19 · to Health
1752. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out due to economic pressures on mothers in each of the past five years. [11882/25]
Pádraig Rice
written
2025-03-04 · to Health
658. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason two maternity hospitals still do not provide termination services; the status of work to bring both hospitals onboard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9117/25]
Michael Collins
written
2025-03-04 · to Health
688. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of unborn babies who have survived the abortion procedure since the enactment of the abortion law in January 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9283/25]
Michael Collins
written
2025-03-04 · to Health
701. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2207 of 23 July 2024, which states that "the HSE is currently working to define quality measures and implement data collection mechanisms for termination of pregnancy nationally", if she will provide specific information on the steps being taken by the responsible group within the HSE to improve and imp…
Michael Collins
written
2025-03-04 · to Health
702. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number and severity scale of all incidents recorded in the national incident management system (NIMS) for women who obtained a medical abortion and who were subsequently found to have an ectopic pregnancy, including the NIMS search criteria used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9430/25]