The programme for Government committed to reviewing the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 in 2021. This deadline has already been missed. I welcome the appointment of an independent chair for the review but there is still considerable confusion about the nature of the process and its timeline. All we have heard about is the very limited budget of €60,000. We need a real review that examines the lived experience of women who have been forced to travel abroad for care, who have had to wait unnecessarily for three days and who faced other barriers, as well as the experiences of service providers. The programme for Government also commits to establishing exclusion zones but the spring legislative schedule shows that the Bill introducing safe zones has not moved forward in the past year. Instead, the Together for Safety group is working with Senators to progress a Bill in this area as the Government is failing. What is the status of the repeal review and the Government's plans on safe access zones?

I thank Deputy Cairns for raising this important issue. As part of the first phase of the review, information and evidence on the operation of the Act will be collected from women who used the services and from health professionals who provide them. The views of the public will also be sought. There will be three elements to the first phase of the review, including public consultation, and a detailed examination of the views and experiences of service users, women and their partners. Research to inform the service users strand is being carried out by Dr. Catherine Conlon, who is progressing a large qualitative study to investigate unplanned pregnancy and abortion care. This study was commissioned by the HSE's sexual health and crisis pregnancy programme and will generate an in-depth understanding of the experiences of women who have accessed abortion care services since the commencement of the Act. A request for tenders to carry out research into the views of service providers has been published on e-tenders. The objective of this strand of the review is to ascertain the experiences of service providers in delivering the services for termination of pregnancy in the community and hospital sector. The second phase of the review will be led by an independent chair. I will ask the Minister for Health to engage with the Deputy on the issue and I will talk to him about the points she has raised.