Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek a report on the decision of a hospital to seek delivery of a 15-week foetus of a brain dead woman kept alive for 23 days in December 2014. [2388/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I have already addressed this issue in my reply to Question No. 6. As I mentioned, I am currently considering the High Court judgement on this case and its implications. As part of this process I expect to be seeking further information from the HSE to finalise my considerations and understanding of what lessons we may learn from this extremely difficult and unfortunate case.

Finally, I wish once again to convey my heartfelt sympathies to the family of the woman at the centre of this case and I would ask that the privacy of this family is respected and they are now given the appropriate time and space to grieve their loss.