Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-03
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

The Department of Health has confirmed to me that, since the enactment of the abortion law, the State Claims Agency has been notified of 103 adverse incidents relating to that legislation. It is an extraordinary figure. An abortion review is happening now, but I cannot get a commitment from the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, that any of those adverse incidents will be analysed in that context. In truth, the 20,000 abortions that have happened so far under this law are, individually, adverse incidents for each of those children whose lives have been taken. The Tánaiste will be aware of the horrific case in Holles Street hospital where baby Christopher was aborted after his parents were incorrectly told he was terminally ill. The HSE promised that new guidelines would be drawn up to ensure that this would never happen again. Once the tragic story fell out of the media headlines, however, those new guidelines never materialised. Where are they now?

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Sitting date: 2022-03-03