Professor Mary Higgins:

We have been deeply involved in this from the start. We are interested, of course, because we want to provide the care. We have had to satisfy ourselves. We appreciate that people want to ask questions because they are concerned and worried. We are satisfied with the arrangement. We hope the effect of this debate will be that everybody else in the country will be satisfied as well and that they realise this is the best thing. It is the greatest investment in women's health that the country has ever made. It is a massive step forward. As Dr. Mahony says, it is a massive step forward for midwifery and nursing medicine so we can provide care to women, pregnant people and neonates. We totally support this.