Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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When I had my daughter in 2005, there was a big push on breastfeeding. I remember how there was a breastfeeding clinic in the Rotunda that was so helpful to mothers starting off. There were breastfeeding support groups when women came out into the community and the community mothers scheme whose members used to pop in. It is important that someone has support. One of the big issues is that we must get rid of the stigma and make facilities available. Nobody is asking for shops to do everything. It is just about providing a quiet place. Some department stores in town have a chair and a quiet place for women to feed their babies. We need to address that because it is so important.