Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and the locations of any representations made between 26 and 30 October 2014 to the State's embassies and consulates seeking a change in Ireland's laws on the termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42972/14]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Between 26 and 30 October 2014, representations in the form of peaceful protests seeking a change in Ireland's laws on the termination of pregnancy were made to nine missions abroad. The missions included embassies in Athens, London, Nicosia, Ottawa, Stockholm, Tel Aviv and Warsaw and consulates general in Boston and New York. At eight of the locations, letters were conveyed to mission staff who relayed them to the relevant authorities. A separate, similar representation was made to our Embassy in Rome on 24 October. Between the listed dates, Ireland’s Embassies in Uganda and Tanzania also received written representations concerning the same issue.