Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the Department to revert to the Deputy with a note on the current oversight situation. She should feel free to get in contact with me to discuss the matter when she has received that note. Two additional things are happening that are relevant. First, in this year's budget I have allocated €1.5 million specifically to perinatal genetic services. We know more needs to be done and that we need more expertise in this area so €1.5 million has been invested in the national women and infants health programme, NWIHP, to grow that service. Second, as the Deputy may be aware, Dr. Peter McKenna, who was leading the NWIHP, is now leading an adverse incidents team and will be looking at cases around the country where things have not gone as they should have. Specifically to the Deputy's point, this will make sure we have very quick feedback, for all the reasons she has laid out.

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