Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 November 2025
761. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the national records that are available on the number of miscarriages, and/or stillbirths, which occurred due to acts of violent crime or accidents, from 2016 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63243/25]
View answerI am informed by An Garda Síochána that there is no structured incident type available in PULSE to record that a miscarriage or stillbirth resulted from violent crime or accidents.
To be of assistance to the Deputy, I contacted the HSE's Hospital In Patient Enquiry (HIPE) data unit and am informed that here aren't any unique diagnosis codes for assignment to represent miscarriage or still birth which resulted from violent crimes or accidents.
If the patient had an accident or was assaulted the injuries would be coded. If during the same episode of care the patient had a miscarriage or delivered a still born that would be coded but there is no way to determine that this was due to the assault or accident.
