Dr. Peter Boylan:

The Deputy asked about training, resources, personnel and so on. With regard to training, that is the function of the institute. The skill levels required in termination of pregnancy, every trained obstetrician possesses, so we are more into resources and so on. It is well known that the Irish maternity services are under-resourced - that is no secret. The maternity strategy is supposed to be addressing that issue and we look forward to increased and more appropriate investment in the health services in the future. In a broad sense, yes, we would require more investment, more personnel and so on. The training issue is something that can be quite easily addressed because the skill sets are there.