Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a fundamental piece of equipment and a fundamental service in any maternity ward. I am really not sure from the Minister of State's reply whether she has stated staff will circulate between various hospitals or there will be a designated 20-week anomaly scan in Cavan General Hospital and patients will not just be referred to the Rotunda or other hospitals.

I wrote to the Minister, Deputy Harris, to ask him whether he would meet the Whelan family. At the inquest into Conor Whelan's death, it was part of the recommendations the 20-week anomaly scan would be provided in the hospital so any fatal foetal abnormalities and any abnormalities in an unborn child would be recognised in the early days. Is the Minister agreeable to meeting the Whelan family? Is the Minister of State telling me we will have a designated 20-week anomaly scan in Cavan General Hospital?

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