Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Let me try to be as clear as possible. Everything that is involved in the operation of this Act is in scope. However, the starting position is not a policy review. The starting position is an operational review. The waiting periods, for example, have been raised with me by many people. Some people think they should be gone and some people think they should be longer. The review is not about examining that as a policy question. That is a decision made by the Oireachtas. However, the review will look at the operational implications of that waiting period.

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