John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for the comprehensive discussion this morning. I will go back to the termination piece.

HSE hospitals are kind of playing catch-up in this regard. A number of them are not providing termination services - I understand that only ten out of 18 were doing so up to last year. Clearly, that is not good enough. The Minister stated that the number might get up to 14 this year. I am just flagging this as something we are watching in the context of the recent debate. The witnesses may not have anticipated this question, and I would be happy with a written answer, but they might be able to give us some of the reasons this is happening.