Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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495. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the extra €6.8 million allocated to maternity services in 2017 will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24402/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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€3 million development funding provided for maternity services in 2016 was allocated in line with Ireland's first National Maternity Strategy - Creating A Better Future Together 2016 - 2026. It included funding for additional staff, including 100 midwives, the development of specialist bereavement teams and for the implementation of the Maternal and Newborn Clinical Management System. Increased funding of €6.8m has been provided for maternity services in 2017 to allow for the continued implementation of the Strategy. I have asked the HSE to provide you with further detail on its allocation.