109,000 payments to abortion providers in first 6 years

More than 109,000 payments have been made to abortion providers since 2019, new data released to Carol Nolan TD shows. 

The Independent TD for Offaly asked the Minister for Health to provide payment claims made by abortion providers for each year from 2019 to date. However, the Minister provided data on the period from 2019-2024 saying that the 2025 report on abortion provision “should be prepared by end June 2026 and published shortly thereafter”.

The data showed that more than 109,000 claims for payments has been made – increasing by almost 68% from 2019, when 13,905 claims were made, to almost 23,300 claims in 2024.

GPs are paid €150 for the patient’s first consultation for the purpose of abortion, and a further €300 if the woman returns to have abortion pills prescribed. A payment of €100 is also available when aftercare in a GP/provider setting when an abortion is carried out in hospital and then discharged to a community setting.

That would mean the State spent, at minimum, some €23,737,450 on abortion provision from 2019 to 2024.

Carol Nolan said that “A vast number of over one hundred thousand payments for abortion could not stand in sharper or more tragic contrast to the complete absence of even minimal supports for life saving alternatives.”

“These figures make it clear that there is limitless cash available to end lives, but not even a whisper of support to save them. It is the definition of an inversion of ethical priorities and a clear example of the utter dehumanisation of Irish medical practice,” the Offaly TD said.

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