Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

14. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the implications for patient safety of the shortfall in midwifery posts in maternity hospitals, particularly in Dublin; and his further views on whether this shortfall may lead to an increase on the sums paid out annually by the State Claims Agency in maternity cases, which amounted to €379 million in damages and legal costs in the years 2007 to 2015. [37783/16]

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