Ms Róisín Molloy:

On that note, it is advised that medical staff notify the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre, NPEC, in Cork of incidents as it collates the statistics on baby deaths, near-deaths of mothers and maternal deaths. It should be noted that Mark's case was not reported to the NPEC. Mark was wrongly classified as stillborn even though he had been born alive. He was not reported to the NPEC and had we not pursued that issue and had it changed, he would not have appeared in any of the statistics. That is why we have strongly argued that there is a need for proper statistics and real figures relating to maternity services in Ireland. Such statistics cannot be based on volunteered information when there are babies missing.