I propose to take Questions Nos. 206 and 207 together.
When the women and crisis pregnancy report was published in 1998 the view of my predecessor as Minister was that it would not have been appropriate to publish a major report containing recommendations while the consultation process leading to the preparation of the Green Paper on Abortion was under way. The report as published did not contain recommendations but did contain detailed findings and conclusions, based on the research undertaken. The research team which had undertaken the study was invited to make a submission to the interdepartmental working group which was preparing the Green Paper, and such a submission was made. Along with other submissions received, this was taken into account in the drafting of the Green Paper.
The Green Paper on Abortion contained a detailed discussion of the social context of abortion as it involves Irish women and identified a range of issues regarding the availability of family planning and related services as well as the attitudes of young people to sexual behaviour, which impact on the incidence of unplanned and unwanted pregnancy.