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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)

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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...

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable. It is 22 years since the Supreme Court ruled that the son of Kathy Sinnott, who had autism and an intellectual disability, was not eligible for schooling past the age of 18. One of the most striking headlines I ever read in a newspaper was that by Victoria White in the Irish Examinerto the effect: "Happy 18th Tom, the State has...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I, too, welcome the family of Shane O'Farrell to the Gallery. I again extend my deepest condolences to Shane's family. Shane O'Farrell's family have travelled a torturous journey since the death of their son. The loss of a child to any parent is probably the toughest experience that parent will go through. As parents, we are all wired to try to do the best we can and to protect our...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Five people have died on the roads just over the last weekend and 150 people have died on the roads this year. That is 35 more than this time last year and driver behaviour is radically disimproving. Information that Aontú has received from the Courts Service today shows that the number of people before the courts for dangerous driving has increased significantly, the number of people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (17 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vocational schools which have closed in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44811/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (17 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of gaelscoileanna which have opened, and the number which have closed, in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [44810/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Small and Medium Enterprises (17 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 82. To ask the Taoiseach the number of small and medium enterprises (less than or equal to 250 persons engaged) which closed in each year 2010 to 2023, in tabular form. [44907/23]