Search for mother and baby homes speaker:Phil Prendergast (KildareStreet.com)

Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008): Phil Prendergast: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. I will touch on a few points which have not been covered and on ones to which Senator Bacik referred earlier. I raised on the Order of Business this morning my concern about the severe shortage of midwives in all the major maternity hospitals in light of the current staffing restrictions. The leads me, on the issue of health promotion, to...
Seanad: HSE Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (21 May 2008): Phil Prendergast: I also congratulate the Minister of State and wish him every success in his difficult portfolio. I am sure if there is any help we can give him, we would not be remiss in doing so. The areas of welfare and protection services for children are wide and varied. They range from catering to the very basic needs that must be met for all children to ensuring the health, safety and welfare of...

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