The National Parents Council has said that parents should take responsibility for their children's actions, and that no 11-year-old girl should become pregnant.
The group was responding to this morning's comments on the issue by the Tánaiste and Minister for Health, Mary Harney.
Speaking at the publication of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency's annual report, Mrs Harney said that the morning after pill should be made available to 11-year-olds where required in individual cases, but only with the consent of their parents.
Mrs Harney added that this raised huge issues and would require widespread consultation with experts and other groups.
Also reacting to Mrs Harney's comments, the Irish Medicines Board said that the morning after pill is not licensed in Ireland for use by children.
However the board, which regulates the licensing of medical products in Ireland, said doctors are legally entitled to prescribe any product to their patients if they believe it will benefit them.
Speaking earlier at the CPA report's launch, the agency's chairperson, Olive Braiden, said she has been made aware of a number of pharmacies in Dublin that do not sell condoms or the contraceptive pill.
Ms Braiden said she was disappointed that some pharmacists were refusing to sell contraceptives because they were opposed to their use.
She called for studies to be carried out to see if other pharmacists were adopting a similar policy in other parts of the country, particularly in towns where there was only one pharmacy.
Since the CPA was set up three years ago there has been a 50% increase in crisis pregnancy counselling services around the country.
