Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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I will follow on from that point about the maternity hospital visits. I am listening to what the witnesses are saying about the risk balance and the argument that you can be as compassionate as you wish but it is down to the layout of the hospitals. The simple question is whether the hospitals are looking at their layouts. Can anything be done to rearrange wards? I am told this has happened in some hospitals. I suppose what many members are looking for is possibly a more imaginative approach if at all possible, even if the partner were to use PPE or something coming in for that visit, that news or whatever else. Could we send out even that message, that we are looking at all areas, that we are listening to the stories people have to tell about their difficulties and that the approach will be as imaginative as possible? Could we give even that advice this morning? Would the witnesses like to comment on that?