Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Sorca Clarke - PQ 61849-25
Deputy Clarke for the latest estimate of the number of women and girls living with female genital mutilation related health needs. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: November 2025
Updated: December 2025
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Question from Deputy Sorca Clarke - PQ 61849-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the latest national estimate of the number of women and girls living with female genital mutilation related health needs in Ireland, in view of the fact that the last published estimate (2018) was circa 5,000 and that no national follow‐up survey has been undertaken in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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