Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Marie O'Shea:
Certainly at the moment they do not. There is no foetal medicine specialist employed by the State at the moment. When I was writing this report, the National Maternity Hospital was employing one out of its own finances, namely, Dr. Sam Doyle, and her appointment was regarded as a game changer. Even in that context and even where there is a perfect diagnostic system, I am led to believe it is still virtually impossible to say how long, if the baby survives the birth, he or she will live.
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