Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin:

Part of the organisational development at national level is to initiate the national women and infants programme office. We now have an accountability structure for all services nationally as opposed to allowing services to develop ad hoc in maternity units according to who was serving in those areas. The responsibility for providing care, if it becomes legal in Ireland, will fall under the programme in the HSE in co-operation with the primary care elements.