Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The 20-week anomaly scan is an issue Deputy O'Connell and I have raised many times. We are not alone in that. There is a post-code lottery which Professor Daly rightly alluded to. How far are we from being able to train the personnel we have? Professor Daly said diagnostic equipment was getting cheaper, which it is. In terms of being able to provide a 20-week anomaly scan as a matter of routine in every maternity unit in the country, we have the staff but there is obviously some skill deficit and possibly an equipment deficit, about which the professor might be able to tell us. How far away are we from being able to train the people we have and provide them with the equipment they need?