Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I think Senator Seery Kearney has given a fair estimation of what this scheme does.The Government has never claimed that this scheme provides an answer to every single instance of the mistreatment of pregnant women in our country. It is designed around mother and baby and county home institutions.

On Senator Ruane's point, I do not agree that because a county home was on a site, and somebody obtained maternity services in a maternity unit or maternity hospital on that site, that necessarily brings them together. From my understanding of practice, I do not think that recognises the same experience this scheme is trying to provide for.