Results 1-7 of 7 for other and baby segment:7954331

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this very important matter. Like other Deputies, I have been constantly queried about this and asked when the restrictions will be lifted. Other Deputies have criticised the senior Minister for leaving the Chamber but I have the utmost faith in the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I have every confidence that she will deal with this and...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: We are all very glad to see lovely new little babies coming into this world, and not just in Clonmel and County Tipperary but in County Kerry and the rest of the country as well. The motion we are discussing concerns a serious issue and I have been inundated with communication regarding partners not being allowed into scans. It is still an issue. I was grateful to the Minister for...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: I thank Deputies Catherine Connolly, Joan Collins and Thomas Pringle for tabling the motion. I know the debate is being keenly watched by people campaigning to ensure our National Maternity Hospital is in public control and I am not very reassured by the statements this morning from the Minister. Three years after the referendum repealing the eighth amendment to the Constitution, which...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I compliment Deputy Catherine Connolly and her colleagues on bringing forward the motion. It might have been an ill-judgment of the Minister to leave before some of the contributions were made. I say this with no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, and I acknowledge her presence. The Covid-19 situation and all the restrictions that came into being gave rise to angst...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Connolly for bringing forward this motion and allowing for an urgent and timely discussion on the national maternity strategy. I also thank Ms Beibhinn O'Connor and Ms Rachel Hynes for the work they have put into this motion. I listened to what the Minister said. While HIQA made the point that there has been some progress, an awful lot of issues still have not been...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Acting Chair for the opportunity to contribute on our motion on national maternity services and I would like to commend my colleague, Deputy Catherine Connolly, and her staff Béibhinn and Rachel, on their work on the motion. I was very happy to put my name to the motion to call on the Government to publish a time-bound and comprehensive implementation plan for the remaining...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — that Ireland’s first National Maternity Strategy, Creating A Better Future Together 2016-2026, was launched by the Government on 27th January, 2016; — that the strategy acknowledges that various reports and reviews highlighted significant service deficits and failings which undermined confidence in our maternity services...