Written answers
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Department of Health
Official Engagements
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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258. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list in tabular form of details of meetings between his Department and the National Women's Council of Ireland, which included reference to abortion/termination of pregnancy issues in their minutes between May 2018 to date. [6213/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to the information requested by the Deputy an examination of the Department’s available records indicates that the following meetings took place with the National Woman’s Council of Ireland for the specified time period.
| Date | Organisation | Attending from Department |
|---|---|---|
| 31st October 2019 | National Woman’s Council of Ireland | Officials (Woman’s Health Taskforce) |
| 1st June 2021 | National Woman’s Council of Ireland | Minister Donnelly and Officials |
| 1st October 2021 | National Woman’s Council of Ireland | Officials (Woman’s Health Taskforce) |
| 5th November 2021 | National Woman’s Council of Ireland | Officials (Woman’s Health Taskforce) |
| 26th October 2022 | National Woman’s Council of Ireland | Officials-informal meeting |
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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259. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list, in tabular form, of details of meetings between his Department and the Irish Family Planning Association which included reference to abortion or termination of pregnancy issues in their minutes between May 2018 to date. [6214/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to the information requested by the Deputy an examination of the Department’s available records indicates that the following meetings took place with the Irish Family Planning Association for the specified time period;
| Date | Organisation | Attending from Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd October 2018 | Irish Family Planning Association | Minister Harris and Officials |
| 12th November 2018 | Irish Family Planning Association | Minister Harris and Officials |
| 10th December 2018 | Irish Family Planning Association | Minister Harris and Officials |
| 13th February 2019 | Irish Family Planning Association | Officials as part of a wider group |
| 10th March 2022 | Irish Family Planning Association | Visit to clinic with Minister Feighan - abortion referenced in events template |
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