Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Marie O'Shea:

The report prefers that the service be free of charge to people who are ordinarily resident in Ireland. A definition in the Act of what is meant by "ordinarily resident" might be broad enough to encompass people who are here seeking asylum, or people who are here on a temporary basis such as a student who is here for a year. Better communication to minority groups of the legislation itself, how abortion is governed in Ireland and how to access it would also be of considerable merit.

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