Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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Has that formed part of the witnesses' discussions? My understanding is that it is currently proposed to collect very simple anonymous data which do not indicate the age or demographic profile of women accessing the services. If that issue has not formed part of the discussions, I ask that the witnesses ensure it is put on the agenda. The committee will do what it can on the issue. If the draft legislation is progressed in its current format in terms of the amount of information that will be collected, we could be sitting here in five years' time unable to have any meaningful discussion on how to develop a service due to a lack of data. I appeal to the witnesses that when they attend the meetings and, it is hoped, everyone is in the middle in the Venn diagram, the collection of data forms part of the guidelines in regard to the proposed legislation because we will not be able to plan without such information.