Dr. Rhona Mahony:

No, there are no barriers whatsoever to providing termination of pregnancy, tubal ligation, gender affirmation surgery or prescribing contraception. That would not be good healthcare. The whole purpose of this is elevating healthcare. Rather than restricting services that are available to women, we are opening up an entire adult campus and adding to the services available to women in the areas of medical, surgical and diagnostic. It is important to remember the number of women who get transferred over to St. Vincent's. We have 122 critical care cases in Holles Street every year, and 73 of those women will need to transfer to St. Vincent's. We have approximately six patients every year who require ICU facilities, but in addition, we have a maternal medicine clinic that sees 500 patients every year that deals with a whole range of issues. I will ask Ms Brosnan to add to what I have said.