Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the upcoming review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when and the way in which this review will take place; if there will be a special Oireachtas committee for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41107/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, section 7 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 states that

“The Minister shall, not later than 3 years after the commencement of this section, carry out a review of the operation of this Act.”

The review clause was included in the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 in order to facilitate monitoring of the operation of the legislation in practice, as well as of the delivery of services in the area. 

Details of the process for the Review, which will be conducted in 2021 as set out in the Programme for Government Our Shared Future, are currently being worked on by my officials