Ireland: Cabinet to discuss Oireachtas Committee report on abortion

Cabinet to discuss Oireachtas Committee report on abortion
Simon Harris to bring memo to today’s meeting laying out likely steps before a referendum

Jan 10, 2017
Pat Leahy, Sarah Bardon, Fiach Kelly

The Cabinet is to discuss the report of the Oireachtas Committee on abortion at its meeting on Wednesday morning as preparations continue for a likely referendum before the summer.

The Minister for Health, Simon Harris, will bring a memo to the Cabinet’s first meeting of 2018 laying out the likely steps before a referendum which Mr Harris will tell colleagues can be held in either late May or early June.

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