Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

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

Photo of Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Taylor. On geographical cover, the referendum result was obviously hugely in favour of the proposition and that was across geographic areas as well. Clearly, as has been mentioned, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Wicklow have adequate and good cover of provision of services. In other areas and counties it is less so. It was part of the debate that many people would not wish to access services that are very local to them, especially if they are from a small community or small rural area. Notwithstanding the population advantage the large cities have, is there evidence people are accessing those services from rural areas partly because they must but also partly because they wish to have that level of anonymity?

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