Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE

1:30 pm

Ms Janice Donlon:

Our remit, within the HSE, is around the provision of counselling services. We are separate in terms of maternity services provision.

In terms of the language used for a diagnosis of a fatal foetal abnormality or a life-limiting condition, the services that we fund have said to us that they use language that their clients are comfortable with. That is how they support their clients through this diagnosis.