Ms Doireann O'Mahony:

It has been said, but I will repeat, that it should not be left to the likes of Mr. Hughes and Ms Phoenix or Mr. and Ms Staunton to constantly and tirelessly campaign for this. We must also bear in mind that the HSE published a national clinical guideline on the management of sepsis only after the death Savita Halappanavar, which made headlines worldwide for all of the wrong reasons. It is important we have these guidelines, and they are updated and so on. However, it should not be a postcode lottery either. Those guidelines should not be shelved. They need to be disseminated and implemented. Doctors and nurses need to be constantly retrained on them. They are only as effective as they can be if properly utilised. I endorse that all-Ireland approach of looking again at the clinical guideline but making sure it is in place throughout the country, so it should not matter if your child is sick in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Kerry or Dublin city centre. They will get the right treatment with the right implementation of that guideline.