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

I want to return to the issue of data, which came up in the submissions today. A lack of data and of reporting on progress seems to be a recurring theme. I am very much a supporter of evidence-based policymaking, which is built on data. Data is a huge challenge to the system if we do not have it readily available. The counterbalance to that, however, is creating a space within a system in terms of service development that listens to the lived experience of people who are having babies.

I believe Ms Cahill said earlier that there are some hospitals in which she has a role or is included in the conversation and others in which she is not. I am interested in what Ms Cahill would like to see in terms of data gathering. In terms of that counterbalance, how can we integrate women's actual experiences of the system into decision-making around service provision through both the Sláintecare model of community health services, but also within hospitals?