Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
Question:303 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the comments of the Master of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin (details supplied) that the hospital did not receive the funding required from his Department and the Eastern Regional Health Authority to provide the high level of complex care for babies and pregnant mothers referred from other hospitals and health boards; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this hospital has threatened to restrict pregnant women being transferred to it from other hospitals and health boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24436/02]
