230. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine that women who are 28 weeks pregnant and beyond are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill should they contract Covid-19; his further views on the information in view of the fact that women who cannot social distance when working are being denied health and safety leave by medmark in line with the HSE’s advice that states persons face a higher risk only if they are pregnant and have a heart defect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39038/20]

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230. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine that women who are 28 weeks pregnant and beyond are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill should they contract Covid-19; his further views on the information in view of the fact that women who cannot social distance when working are being denied health and safety leave by medmark in line with the HSE’s advice that states persons face a higher risk only if they are pregnant and have a heart defect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39038/20]

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