Seanad debates
Tuesday, 11 March 2003
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
I have made only one freedom of information request, which was on an issue of importance to me and all the young women of this country. I will explain the answer I received and the reason I am so concerned about what is now happening in terms of what could be described as the Freedom from Information (Amendment) Bill. There is a degree of concern about home births here. Statistics are not kept as to the infant mortality rate, which, it has been suggested, is higher than in hospital births. Many women are transferred to hospital very late in labour and perhaps because of difficulties during labour—
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