Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The other issue that comes to mind is the number of women who seek to go overseas to obtain the termination service. How prevalent was that? What were the main causes? Did conscientious objection account for that at all? Do we have precise numbers? We have heard reports in the media of thousands of Irish women going back overseas which is something the legislation was trying to prevent. Do we have numbers and information on the circumstances which drove women to go overseas in those cases?