Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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983. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the way in which maternity services are delivered across the country, as recommended by the expert review group overseeing maternity services at Portiuncula hospital; if so, the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39577/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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This Government is committed to the progressive development of maternity services. I fully acknowledge concerns and questions regarding the provision of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital.

The HSE CEO has written to me and provided an update regarding the monitoring of safety and assurance overall at each of the other 18 maternity units and hospitals. The wider policy issues will be encompassed in the work to develop a successor to the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026 - a Programme for Government commitment.