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Abortion Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Questions (1473)

David Cullinane

Question:

1473. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of practitioners offering termination of pregnancy services by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33526/21]

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Written answers

As of 28 July 2021, 401 GPs have signed a contract to provide termination of pregnancy services. There is good geographic spread of GPs throughout the country providing the service. It is open to all GPs to sign up to a contract to provide this service. A breakdown of GP providers on a county basis is not available.

Under section 20 (1) of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, a notification of each termination of pregnancy carried out under the legislation must be notified to the Minister for Health within 28 days of it being carried out. The following information is notified to the Minister:

- Medical Council registration number of the medical practitioner who carried out the termination of pregnancy;

- The section of the Act under which the termination was carried out, i.e., section 9, 10, 11 or 12;

- Medical Council registration number(s) of the medical practitioner(s) who made the certification concerned;

- The county of residence, or place of residence (where the woman resides outside of the State) of the woman concerned;

- The date on which the termination of pregnancy was carried out.

No other information is notified to the Minister.

Section 20 of the Act also requires the Minister for Health to prepare a report on the notifications received during the immediately preceding year not later than 30 June in each year and to lay it before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Annual Report on terminations of pregnancy carried out in 2020 is available on the Department of Health’s website.

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