Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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767. To ask the Minister for Health the number of maternal deaths that have occurred to date here since the publication of the confidential maternal death inquiry report 2009-2011; and the number of the women who died in pregnancy during that period who were born outside Ireland. [41966/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with them.

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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768. To ask the Minister for Health in view of information contained within the confidential maternal death inquiry report 2009-2011 and further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 34 and 35 of 18 December 2013, the measures that have been put in place to ensure that pregnant women arriving from abroad, or women of minority ethnic status living here who do not speak English, have access to interpretive services if they so require it. [41967/14]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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769. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the 2014 Pavee Point report Challenging Barriers and Misconceptions: Roma Maternal Health in Ireland; and, in view of the information contained within the report, and further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 14 May 2014, the actions, measures or strategies the Health Service Executive has put in place to ensure that pregnant women who arrive here from abroad fully engage with health care services as early as possible to avoid any risk to their pregnancies. [41968/14]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who annually present to maternity units or other hospitals in the late stages of pregnancy for the first time without having previously received any pre-natal care; if the authorities have recorded or noted that this is a worrying trend among Roma and other ethnic minorities; and the measures or supports that have been put in place to avoid risk to these women’s pregnancies. [41969/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 768 to 770, inclusive, together.

As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.