Dr. John Murphy:

There has not been a national model of care for neonatology and it has been my role to develop that. On foot of visits around the units, I have produced a review report on paediatric and neonatal transport in collaboration with my colleague, Professor Nicholson. That report will be published in approximately two weeks. It is a 200 page report and deals with the units, the services they provide and overall principles of the model of care. The report has gone to the HSE for a final review before publication. It will set out some ideas for a model of care programme for neonatology and how we see the development of services on a more formal basis for the future.

On transport, everybody is agreed transport should be available 24/7 and as far as we are aware, the money has been set aside for that.