Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

The Community Midwives Association made it clear in the correspondence referred to by Deputy Halligan that it felt there was too much scope for misuse and misunderstanding in the current wording of the legislation and a recognised lack of consensus among all those involved which was far from reassuring. It emphasised that at no point did its membership wish to be uninsured but that the opposite was the case.

It is important to bear in mind that the issue at stake is not about being insured or indemnified but the actual present wording and its possible interpretation.

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