Written answers
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Department of Health
Birth Rates
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [47290/18]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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According to CSO , the number of live births in Ireland for the relevant period of interest are outlined in the table below.
Year | Number of live Births |
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2015 | 65,536 |
2016 | 63,841 |
2017* | 62,053 |
2018^ | 15,659 |
*Please note birth information related to 2017 is based on year of registration of birth and therefore should be considered provisional.
^Information on the number of births in 2018 is only currently available for the months January - March 2018 and is based on year of registration.
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