Dr. Sharon Sheehan:

If I could go back briefly to the question concerning alcohol and our lack of data, we in the Coombe ask all our pregnant mothers about alcohol use when they are booking in. Last year, we had reported a current alcohol use rate of 1.4% for all our patients. The issue is whether we believe that only 1.4% of our pregnant women are using alcohol. I do not think we do. That is the real importance of this study. We know what reported use is, but what is actual use? That is where the discrepancy lies. It is not that we are not asking. We are asking but it is the validity of the information we are getting that is the issue.

In respect of the children's hospital and our proposed new tri-location with the children's hospital and St. James's Hospital, we are delighted the children's hospital will be around the corner from where we are. We really welcome the opportunity to be the maternity hospital of choice that will be tri-located with the new children's hospital and the adult facility in St. James's Hospital. We have not been given timelines in respect of our move and it is really important we continue to build all the links with the new children's hospital and St. James's Hospital. Many of our clinicians are shared appointments across the sites and it is very important we continue to facilitate streamlined access - building those links prior to any physical location. It is very important we continue to invest in our facilities on our current campus because it may be ten years or more before we move and our current services and systems are unable to continue to deliver a service that would see us past that stage. Investment on our current site and in our services and facilities is paramount long before any proposed relocation. Many very exciting things are happening around the new children's hospital, including linkages with the adult hospital and the Coombe as the chosen maternity hospital, so it is very exciting. I agree we need to build it.