Holly Cairns
Ceist:655. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will immediately publish the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [8614/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 21 February 2023
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Freagraí scríofa
The Minister for Health commenced the Review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 in line with statutory and Government commitments.
The Review is assessing the effectiveness of the operation of the legislation and will be conducted in a fair and transparent manner.
The Review is being led by an independent Chair Marie O’Shea and comprises of 2 main phases. As part of the first phase of the review, information, and evidence on the operation of the Act has been collected from women who use the service, and from health professionals that provide the service; the views of the public were also sought.
A very substantial amount of work has been completed to date and very informative data collected, which is feeding into the review.
The final Report of the Review is expected to be submitted to the Minister before the end of February.
The Report will then be considered by the Minister and published as soon as possible thereafter.