Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 74422-25
Deputy O'Flynn asked if the HSE are notified of all cases where signs of life are observed following termination of pregnancy. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: January 2026
Updated: March 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 74422-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if maternity hospitals are required by her Department, the HSE, or the national women and infants health programme to formally notify the Department or the HSE of all cases where signs of life are observed following termination of pregnancy; and if notification is not mandatory, the legal or policy basis for this position.
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