A high level review of the Health Service Executive's legal approach to the Miss Y case is expected to be completed later this month.
Nearly nine months into the review, RTÉ News has learned that lawyers for Miss Y, a teenage asylum-seeker, have not yet been consulted in relation to the review.
The HSE has said the nature of the legal review does not require consultation with Miss Y's lawyers.
The handling of the Miss Y case led to major tensions between the Department of Health and the HSE, with the department saying it learned late in the day of the legal course of action being taken by the executive in relation to forcible hydration and termination of pregnancy.
The legal review was set up last September and is being conducted by Eileen Barrington, Senior Counsel and is examining several issues, principally the decision to involve the High Court at any stage.
The baby was delivered by Caesarean Section on 6 August 2014 at which point is was deemed viable.
The review was commissioned by Director General of the HSE Tony O'Brien to examine the reasonableness, or otherwise, of the legal approach taken in the Miss Y case and to identify any matters that could be learned from the case.
The HSE sought to have Miss Y forcibly hydrated, and was planing to seek court approval for an early delivery of her baby.
It never became necessary to forcibly hydrate her and court approval for an early delivery of the baby was not needed, as Miss Y consented to a termination of pregnancy.
Miss Y came to Ireland in late March 2014.
She said she had been raped in her home country and discovered in April she was pregnant.
She felt suicidal and sought a termination of pregnancy under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013.
She travelled to the UK in July but was denied entry due to her legal status here.
Miss Y was deemed to be suicidal by a medical panel under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act and a termination of pregnancy was carried out, by delivering the baby by Caesarean Section at around 26 weeks.
The issue of her seeking a termination of pregnancy and being provided with a Caesarean Section is a matter of dispute.
The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 does not mention Caesarean Section.
Draft guidelines on the Act published by the Department of Health in July 2014 did not mention C-section, however revised guidelines issued in September 2014, after the Miss Y case, included Caesarean Section as a suitable alternative means of terminating a pregnancy, where the woman's life is at risk.
Last November, a District Court directed that a care order for Miss Y's baby be continued until June 2017.
A separate HSE review of Miss Y's care has not been published however a draft copy of the report was carried on RTÉ's Prime Time in September of last year.
The draft report did not include an interview with Miss Y.
The draft report is the subject of Judicial Review proceedings by her lawyers and is due to come up in the High Court in November.
The Miss Y case is believed to be the first under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act.
A HSE report to Minister for Health Leo Varadkar on the first year operation of the Act is due to be completed this month and will be laid before the Oireachtas.
Woman is still recovering and still 'very young'
The woman at the centre of the Miss Y case is still recovering and is still very young, her lawyer Caoimhe Haughey has told RTÉ News.
She said that Miss Y's recovery is ongoing and everything is being done to safeguard her health, her identity and help her move forward with her life at this time.
Ms Haughey said that Miss Y does not wish at this juncture, to engage with the welfare of the baby "but who knows what the next months and years will bring".
Ms Haughey said she was taken aback at the failure of the HSE to respond to her requests for information on its review of the legal handling of the case.
She said she had been writing to the HSE since December and had not received an acknowledgement.
Ms Haughey said that the crux of the matter was what happened to Miss Y and that it involved a very significant piece of legislation, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act.
