Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With respect to the Minister, his expression of compassion and sympathy for the families concerned is very obvious, but he has not engaged with the members present or answered our questions. I asked a question about the Minister's statement on Portlaoise hospital in the Dáil on 13 February in which he stated: "The hospital has approval to recruit additional midwives up to the approved complement." When did that approval issue? What is the approved complement? Does it come close to the ratio that was outlined by the INMO? I asked him to be specific about the inconsistencies. Today he mentioned the "systematic under-reporting of perinatal deaths due to inconsistencies in Ireland’s perinatal data collection." Will he outline those inconsistencies, please?