Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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340. To ask the Minister for Health if he or officials from his Department met with an organisation (details supplied) or any of its representatives during the period 1 January 2021 to date; if so, the purposes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4079/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available. I will survey the Department and the collated replies will be prepared into a full response to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that he or his Department officials have engaged with a group (details supplied) from 1 January 2020 to date; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4080/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The details of meetings that I or my officials have had with representatives of the Oireachtas All Party Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights are as follows:

Meetings with Minister Donnelly

On 8^thJune 2021, I met with Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Senator Mary-Alice Higgins, Senator Annie Hoey and Holly Cairns TD regarding Abortion Review Legislation.

Meetings with Minister Feighan

Two meetings were held, on 3^rdAugust 2021 and 2^ndDecember 2021, between Minister of State, Frank Feighan, Senators Lorraine Clifford-Lee and Fiona O’Loughlin, supported by officials from the Department of Health, Health and Wellbeing Programme, regarding period poverty.

Matters under discussion included progression of the Free Provision of Period Products Bill, 2021, initial roll-out of period poverty mitigation measures in 2022, and potential for including period poverty modules in representative population Surveys.

Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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342. To ask the Minister for Health if he or officials from his Department met with an organisation (details supplied) or any of its representatives during the period 1 January 2021 to date; the purposes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4056/22]

Stephen 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 two occasions since January 2021. The details of these meeting are listed below:

- 19 February 2021:I addressed the Women’s Health Taskforce (including members of the NWCI) at the 9th Women’s Health Taskforce meeting.

- 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 the Women’s Health Taskforce

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

- 20 January 2021:The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss the upcoming 9^thMeeting 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 (assets.gov.ie/129866/97f341ac-305c-4529-b6e0-50e918107278.pdf).

- 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.

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

- 14 April 2021:The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 10th Meeting as Taskforce members (assets.gov.ie/139697/1deb6456-17b2-4da9-bd9a-4dbb9ed8b27a.pdf).

- 4 June 2021:The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 11th Meeting as Taskforce members (assets.gov.ie/139698/d3d85956-e476-497c-b233-cb752830b40a.pdf).

- 1 July 2021:The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss the upcoming 12^thMeeting and other work.

- 2 July 2021:The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 12th Meeting as Taskforce members. (assets.gov.ie/202445/5b3abfae-b491-45ae-a5f6-1bc109cb2a58.pdf)

- 27 July 2021:The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 13th Meeting as Taskforce members. (assets.gov.ie/213852/93adc477-5b83-460d-862f-2c53e9029bc9.pdf)

- 27 August 2021:The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss the upcoming 14^thMeeting and other work.

- 7 September 2021:NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss their input into the Radical Listening event on September 14

- 14 September 2021:The NWCI and Women’s Health Taskforce co-hosted a Radical Listening Stakeholder Event. (www.gov.ie/en/press-release/171f0-minister-for-health-publishes-report-of-womens-voices-on-womens-health-in-ireland/)

- 15 September 2021:The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 14th Meeting as Taskforce members. (assets.gov.ie/213853/b6aa8ea0-84cf-4303-b111-a04a5e8df927.pdf)

- 21 September 2021:NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat NWCI to introduce new NWCI Women's Health Officer

- 5 October 2021:NWCI met with the Women's Health Lead to discuss the radical listening exercises with groups of marginalised women prepared by the NWCI.

- 4 November 2021:The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss the upcoming 15^thMeeting and other work.

- 5 November 2021:The NWCI attended the Women’s Health Taskforce 15th Meeting as Taskforce members.

- 6 December 2021:The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss the launch of Women’s Health Action Plan 2022 and other work.

- 10 January 2022:The NWCI met with the Women’s Health Taskforce secretariat to discuss their upcoming presentation on the findings of their Radical Listening exercise “Improving the health outcomes and experiences of the healthcare system for marginalised women” scheduled for 18^thJanuary 2022.

- 18 January 2022:The NWCI and Women’s Health Taskforce co-hosted an event presenting the findings of their Radical Listening exercise “Improving the health outcomes and experiences of the healthcare system for marginalised women” (link to Report)