Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association

1:30 pm

Photo of Mattie McGrathMattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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I welcome the guests. The IFPA received €360,000 from Irish Aid over the period 2016 to 2018 for a project in Bolivia named 'Promoting the sexual and reproductive health of youth in Bolivia'. The three partners in this project are the IFPA, the Centro de Investigación, Educación y Servicios, CIES, which is a Spanish or Portuguese organisation, and International Planned Parenthood. Does the Irish Aid grant aid to the project promote abortion or does it offer abortion related services?