Professor Sean Daly:

Yes, it is. The issue of 3-D scans is not one I am particularly exercised about. People go to these places with an expectation that they will get a nice picture and not with the expectation they will have an anomaly scan. It is difficult. The Deputy is absolutely right that anyone can open a shop tomorrow on Grafton Street claiming to be an expert in ultrasound and that is not right. However, if the expectation of the public going in is that they are going to get a pretty picture and that is what they get, they are happy.

If it is their expectation they will have a good scan in which their baby will be looked in detail, they will definitely not have it. Many private institutions make people sign a disclaimer to acknowledge that they realise it is not an anomaly scan. While I do not think it is ideal, it is the lack of anomaly scans in the public service about which I would be more exercised.