Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I raised this matter on Second Stage in the Dáil. The diagnostic codes are already in place with the HIPE coding. It allows for information to be collected under the pregnancy with abortive outcome heading. The secondary concern which the Minister may have addressed is the inclusion of the Medical Council registration numbers of doctors performing the terminations in the report to the Minister. The Minister has said this will not be the case in that it will be seen by the Minister but not by anyone else. That will safeguard the doctors from being targeted by anti-abortion activists, as we have seen, unfortunately, in other countries and jurisdictions.