Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ministerial notifications he has received under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if all ministerial notifications that identify the termination of pregnancy as having taken place under section 11 of the Act had, at the time of receipt by him, been signed off by two medical practitioners. [38953/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, under section 20 (1) of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, a notification of each termination of pregnancy carried out under the legislation must be notified to the Minister for Health within 28 days of it being carried out.

Section 20, subsections (3) and (4), require the Minister to prepare a report on the notifications received in a given year not later than 30 June the following year and lay it before the Houses of the Oireachtas. This report may then be published.

In line with section 20 of the Act, therefore, the Annual Report on Notifications 2020 will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on or before 30 June 2021. No data will be provided in advance of the publication of the Annual Report.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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202. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has been contacted by doctors or medics who have expressed concerns regarding failed, botched or unsuccessful abortions; and if so, if he will detail the nature of that correspondence. [38955/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the material required to answer the Deputy’s question is not readily available, I have asked for his question to be deferred, to allow officials in my Department additional time to compile the information requested.

The response to the PQ will be provided to the Deputy as soon as it is available

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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203. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department have been contacted by doctors or medics who have expressed a concern regarding conscientious objection; the details of these concerns; and the quantity of correspondence received on this matter since the rollout of abortion in January 2019. [38956/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the material required to answer the Deputy’s question is not readily available, I have asked for his question to be deferred, to allow officials in my Department additional time to compile the information requested.

The response to the PQ will be provided to the Deputy as soon as it is available.