Ms Hilda Wall:

As a manager in the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street one of my biggest concerns is the availability of space. We want to ensure we provide the best possible care. This requires that babies be managed by skilled personnel, namely, nurses who are delegated to the transport team and dedicated physicians. The bottleneck in the service is returning babies, following care, to their local hospital because often the local hospitals have to get nurses in and arrange for special ambulances, which delays the whole process.

I agree with Ms Daly that transport is a huge financial and emotional burden on parents. A mother who is breast-feeding would be required to travel every day to do so. This involves huge costs in terms of travel, car parking and overnight stays. The logistics behind doing so are huge.