Written answers

Wednesday, 7 July 2021

Department of Health

Departmental Meetings

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any meetings or engagements he or officials from his Department have had with representatives of the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2020 to date; the purpose of each meeting and engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30663/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The details of meetings that I or my officials have had with representatives of the National Women’s Council of Ireland are noted below.

Meetings with Minister Donnelly

I have met with the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) on three occasions since January 2020. The details of these meeting are listed below:

- 20 November 2020: I met with the NWCI and other external (non-Department of Health) members of the Women’s Health Taskforce to discuss women's health and the work of the Taskforce.

- 14 December 2020: I met with the NWCI to discuss the work of the Women’s Health Taskforce.

- 1 June 2021: I met with the NWCI to discuss the review of the operation of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018.

Meetings with Minister Butler

Minister Butler met with members of the NWCI on 13 August 2020 to discuss women’s mental health.

Meetings with the Women’s Health Taskforce

The NWCI is key partner in ensuring women’s voices are represented throughout the work of the Women’s Health Taskforce and representatives from NWCI participate as members of the Taskforce. Details of meetings between the Taskforce and the National Women’s Council of Ireland are outlined below:

- 23 January 2020: The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 4th Meeting as Taskforce members (link to output pack).

- 6 February 2020: The NWCI co-hosted Women’s Health Taskforce Stakeholder Engagement Forum with the Department of Health.

- 3 March 2020: The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 5th Meeting as Taskforce members (link to output pack).

- 22 September 2020: The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 6th Meeting as Taskforce members (link to output pack).

- 3 November 2020: The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss the upcoming 7thMeeting and other work.

- 10 November 2020: The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 7th Meeting as Taskforce members (link to output pack).

- 8 December 2020: The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 8th Meeting as Taskforce members (link to output pack).

- 10 December 2020: The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss the Women’s Health Taskforce operation and NWCI role in coming year.

- 20 January 2021: The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss the upcoming 9thMeeting and other work.

- 26 January 2021: The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat and MCCP to discuss the radical listening exercise, a large-scale consultation process intended to maximise the participation of women across all life stages.

- 19 February 2021: The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 9th Meeting as Taskforce members (link to output pack).

- 26 February 2021: The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss the mental health workstream.

- 9 March 2021: The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat and DCEDIY to discuss gender budgeting.

- 14 April 2021: The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 10th Meeting as Taskforce members (link to output pack).

- 4 June 2021: The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 11th Meeting as Taskforce members (link to output pack).

- 2 July 2021: The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 12th Meeting as Taskforce members.

Meetings of the Period Poverty Sub-Committee

NWCI were represented on the Period Poverty Sub-Committee of the National Strategy for Women and Girls Strategy Committee. This group was chaired by the Department of Health and met once since 1 January 2020 (23 January 2020). The report is available on the DCEDIY website and the group’s work was completed with its publication.

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