Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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310. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure reliable statistics and information in respect of termination of pregnancies are readily available and published through Government sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35230/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Under Section 20 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, medical practitioners are required to notify the Minister, with prescribed details of a termination of pregnancy.

Under the Act, I am required, not later than 30 June in each year, to prepare a report on the notifications received by me under section 20 during the immediately preceding year. I am also required, as soon as may be after preparing the report, to cause copies of the report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. The 2021 report is currently in preparation in line with the statutory requirements and once prepared, will be laid before the Oireachtas. The Report will then also be published on the Department’s website in the coming weeks. Annual reports for 2019 and 2020 were laid before the Houses and both are available on my Department's website.