620. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken on reports that the DOMINO midwife-led maternity service at Cork University Maternity Hospital has been significantly curtailed due to staffing shortages and restrictions on the recruitment of nursing and midwifery staff; the number of nursing and midwifery vacancies currently existing at the hospital; the steps being taken by her Department and the HSE to fill those vacancies; if additional staffing approvals will be granted to facilitate the full restoration of the DOMINO service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70269/26]

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620. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken on reports that the DOMINO midwife-led maternity service at Cork University Maternity Hospital has been significantly curtailed due to staffing shortages and restrictions on the recruitment of nursing and midwifery staff; the number of nursing and midwifery vacancies currently existing at the hospital; the steps being taken by her Department and the HSE to fill those vacancies; if additional staffing approvals will be granted to facilitate the full restoration of the DOMINO service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70269/26]

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1. 6 October 2026

   Healthcare Policy

   620. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken on reports that the DOMINO midwife-led maternity service at Cork University Maternity Hospital has been significantly curtailed due to staffing shortages and restrictions on the recruitment of nursing and midwifery staff; the number of nursing and midwifery vacancies currently existing at the hospital; the steps being taken by her Department and the HSE to fill those vacancies; if additional staffing approvals will be granted to facilitate the full restoration of the DOMINO service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70269/26]

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