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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Traveller Education (19 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to assist members of the Travelling community in accessing third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44897/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Would Ms O'Shea agree that given the HSE figures, that is incorrect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The figure quoted by Ms O'Shea in the report is that 2% of women did not return-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The HSE figures say that 16.5% of mothers did not return.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I have a short period of speaking time. The 6,728 women who attended the first appointment are women who did not proceed with any abortion, either in a hospital or within the GP's surgery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I will get those data in a parliamentary question for Ms O'Shea. That is the first thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: That is a figure from a parliamentary question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I think it is across the first four years. It is 2019 to 30 June 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) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I only have two and a half minutes. Very briefly, I want to make the point if I can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: We may have to agree to disagree but the parliamentary question I received referenced one abortion meeting and people who did not proceed with any abortion in this State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Even the 2% or 3% of miscarriages which would be expected in that gestational age bracket were to be taken out, and even taking out the number of mothers who go to Britain, or even those mothers who did not make the 12-week mark, there are still thousands of mothers-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I need a chance to put the question first. Even if that is done, there are still a large number of mothers who would have been able to participate in this discussion. The witnesses said at the start of the meeting, and correct me if I am wrong in this, that an ethicist would not necessarily allow for a person like themselves to speak to mothers who had opted not to have the abortion and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It appears to many people, and not just to, let us say, activists on either side of the debate, that at the heart of this there is a chasm of evidence missing from this discussion. Obviously, the abortion service is used by a significant section of service users, up to 16%, and we can argue back and forth on the percentage, but there are also hundreds of women who have had adverse incidents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Its methodology.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There are zero mothers in that sample is what I am saying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus lenár n-aíonna freisin as teacht isteach anseo inniu. One of the things which probably shocked people from the initial review was that the review made a very significant recommendation that the three-day wait period should be deleted. However, there was an admission that none of the women who have benefited from the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Greenways Provision (19 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has conducted any analysis of the potential impacts of the construction of the Boyne Greenway on tourism in County Meath. [44818/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tribunals of Inquiry (19 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [44814/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Surveys (19 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has any input into the types of questions posed by “Student Survey”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44896/23]