Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Catherine Conlon:
It was not in the same timeframe as Ms O'Shea's work. Our study timeframe was December 2019 to July 2022. That is an extensive and long period of time. We made extensive efforts - I listed the number of sites we went to - to recruit people for the study. We will continue to do research. I will continue to do such research in this area, as I have done since the early 1990s. Continuing to research this area is something where the competency is there and the will is there. We are very open to do that as part of this quality review. We will continuously engage with policymakers with regard to abortion policy.
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