Maternity Services Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Questions (576, 577)

Clare Daly

Question:

576. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 25 November 2014, the action he will take on inaccurate information provided in the reply from the Health Service Executive stating that it had approved 12 women for home birth services when the person's indemnity (details supplied) was withdrawn on 12 September 2014, when in fact 20 women were already known to the executive and had notified it of their application prior to that date. [11240/15]

Clare Daly

Question:

577. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 25 November 2014, if he will correct the record for a person's clients being left without cover as a result of the person failing to accept the terms of their indemnity re-instatement when the Health Service Executive was aware that this was not the case. [11241/15]

Written answers

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 576 and 577 together.

I wish to thank the Deputy for her questions. I have asked the HSE again to confirm the number of women contracted for home birth with the independent midwife prior to her suspension. The position remains as stated in my previous reply to the four questions (10090/10091/10092/10093/15) of 10 March, 2015.

At the time of the suspension there were 12 mothers-to-be contracted to the services of the suspended independent midwife. In these circumstances, the information provided to Parliamentary Question No 365 of 25 November, 2014, is correct.