Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As a quick aside I would like to address compulsory public face mask wearing. There are several areas throughout the country where people would like to keep farmers' markets open. Some guidance on that would be useful.

I thank the Minister for attending. I presume several Deputies have, like myself, written to him about the constraints on partners who would like to attend antenatal scans and appointments with their pregnant partners.

We have received an answer from the Minister on that. There are guidelines, we all want to keep staff safe and there are constraints in terms of the size of our hospitals. However, I would like to know whether any further work is being done on that and whether the Minister's colleague has information - perhaps this relates to the budget - on funding and support for perinatal mental health.