Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Select Committee on Health
Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed)
1:30 pm
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
To be very clear, women from Northern Ireland will be able to access services in the Republic of Ireland. Of that, there is no doubt. We are not leaving women from the North behind in respect of this. Until the North gets around to rectifying the inequalities in that jurisdiction, we will make sure women in Northern Ireland can access health services here. As the Deputy is aware, there is an issue, which she and I have discussed, about eligibility in terms of cost and whether there is a way of making the service free. It is a complex issue and I welcome the Deputy's invitation to meet a group of advocates from Northern Ireland, possibly next Thursday.
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