Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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958. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of 20-week anomaly scans for all expectant mothers at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [16374/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The National Maternity Strategy is very clear that all women must have equal access to standardised ultrasound services. The Strategy will be implemented on a phased basis and this work will be led by the National Women and Infants Health Programme. The Programme's Implementation Plan for the Strategy includes a number of actions to facilitate the provision by all maternity hospitals/units of dating and anomaly scans to all pregnant women. Indeed, the issue of anomaly scanning is a priority issue for the Programme and I am assured that it will continue to work with the six Hospital Groups to assist in increasing access to anomaly scans for those units with limited availability.

I can confirm that additional funding has been made available for anomaly scanning in 2018. In relation to the specific query raised concerning Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.