Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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I welcome our guests to the meeting, thank them for the massive work they put in to the report and say, "Well done." While it has nothing to do with them, I am disappointed there was no allocation in the budget for contraception. Surely if the issue was to be taken seriously, there would have been an allocation in the 2020 health budget. I acknowledge it was a different type of budget from other years because of the looming potential costs arising from Brexit, but it would have been a vote of confidence in our guests' work if there had been a small allocation.

The report states education and information can help tackle issues relating to a lack of information, misinformation and embarrassment. Surely education could be provided at a lower cost than providing free contraception for everyone. What plans are there to tackle the lack of education?