Written answers
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Department of Health
Abortion Services
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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334. To ask the Minister for Health the counselling services that are required to be provided to women prior to undergoing an abortion; the counselling and after-care services that are provided following an abortion; whether these services are actively offered or only made available on request; and the data available on the number of women who avail of such services. [49346/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this question relates to a service matter, I have referred to the HSE for direct reply.
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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335. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the 12 cases reported in 2022 in which babies were born alive following abortion, whether the women in those cases were offered counselling before and after the procedures; whether any of those mothers availed of counselling; if her Department has reviewed the adequacy of psychological and emotional supports in these specific cases; and whether any follow-up or welfare checks were carried out to support those women. [49347/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this question relates to a service matter, I have referred it to the HSE for direct reply.
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