Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the facilities in Rotunda Hospital and Holles Street Hospital, Dublin, in relation to waiting rooms and so on for pregnant women attending for prenatal visits; if there are guidelines or standards for the acceptable waiting time and facilities; if her Department, the Health Information and Quality Authority or the Health Service Executive is responsible for monitoring and enforcing acceptable standards; her views on whether it is acceptable for a pregnant woman to be left standing waiting for her check up for 30 minutes, one hour or two hours; if accommodation with chairs will be provided in the hospitals or rented nearby and women called forward to the hospitals as required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35707/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The Health Information and Quality Authority has statutory responsibility for developing standards and monitoring compliance with those standards throughout the health service under section 8 of the Health Act 2007. However, the HSE has a responsibility to ensure that services are delivered to an acceptable standard. The HSE has been asked to respond directly to the Deputy on the service issues raised.