Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 January 2022
341. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of times that he or his Department officials have engaged with a group (details supplied) from 1 January 2020 to date; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4080/22]
View answerThe details of meetings that I or my officials have had with representatives of the Oireachtas All Party Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights are as follows:
Meetings with Minister Donnelly
On 8th June 2021, I met with Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Senator Mary-Alice Higgins, Senator Annie Hoey and Holly Cairns TD regarding Abortion Review Legislation.
Meetings with Minister Feighan
Two meetings were held, on 3rd August 2021 and 2nd December 2021, between Minister of State, Frank Feighan, Senators Lorraine Clifford-Lee and Fiona O’Loughlin, supported by officials from the Department of Health, Health and Wellbeing Programme, regarding period poverty.
Matters under discussion included progression of the Free Provision of Period Products Bill, 2021, initial roll-out of period poverty mitigation measures in 2022, and potential for including period poverty modules in representative population Surveys.
