Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the question Deputy Conway asked, we received correspondence from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation in February which expressed its concern about the staffing situation in our hospitals. It made the point that there is a deficiency in the staffing number and it is concerned about staffing levels and the safety of maternity services. That was stated in a letter to the committee last February.