Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

1270. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have the perinatal epidemiology centre operate on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36439/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) collaborates with Irish maternity services to translate clinical audit data into improved maternity care for families in Ireland. It is an audit and research centre based in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in UCC, Cork.

The NPEC conducts audit and research into pregnancy outcomes in the Irish maternity services, working in collaboration with all 19 of Ireland’s maternity and neonatal units.

The Minister for Health currently has no plans to have the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) operate on a statutory basis.