Written answers

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Abortion Services

Photo of Billy TimminsBilly Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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603. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position with respect to the C Case; the number of girls in the care of the State that applied to the court for permission to travel for an abortion for each year from 1998 to date; the number taken to Britain or elsewhere for an abortion following a court decision, following testimony from a psychiatrist for the State that they were suicidal for each year from 1998 to date; the psychiatrist involved on each occasion; the number of girls in State care who were refused permission to travel for an abortion for each year from 1998 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25666/13]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I have requested the information from the HSE and I will revert to the Deputy when this information is to hand.

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