Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion
Ms Marie O'Shea:
I am sorry to cut across the Deputy. I understand what he is saying. The issue is the logistics. When services are set up it is good practice to appoint a co-ordinator in the hospital to liaise with primary care providers and then to make the arrangements in the hospital itself with the bed management, the consultant and whoever else. Those people are not always there or employed on a full-time basis. If they are not there, things can fall through the cracks and that has happened.