Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is not lost on me that two men are discussing the future of women's healthcare. It must be pushed and funded. I might be wrong, but I do not believe that if men had babies that Holles Street, the Coombe or the Rotunda or other maternity services around the country would have the same level of investment as they have now. They would be state-of-the-art, brand new, custom-built, beautiful buildings. They are not and that is not good enough. It is not good enough that when we discuss crisis after crisis here on women's health and women's reproductive health - be it mother and baby homes, CervicalCheck or symphysiotomy - it is always the same.

There is a lot of new funding in place. The Deputy asked what exactly the task force has been doing and what it intends to do. I will provide the Deputy with the rest of the written answer as I am out of time but there is a lot of really good work going on. The task force has done a huge amount of work and hopefully some exciting things will come through in the next year.

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