Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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2894. To ask the Minister for Health if work has begun on a new national maternity strategy; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42578/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for Government commits to developing a successor to the existing National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026.

Consideration for the future direction of maternity service development will require an extensive evidence base, of which a review of the implementation of the current National Maternity Strategy will form part.

At the start of 2025, 95% of actions of the current Strategy were either implemented or in progress. New development funding of €2 million (€4 million full year cost) is driving continued implementation of the Strategy in 2025. The Department of Health and the HSE are currently assessing the outstanding actions of the current Strategy in preparation for 2026.