150 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the increase in the incidence of positional plagiocephaly or cranial asymmetry here since the adoption of back to sleep positioning recommendations; if, in view of US estimates that the condition affects up to 48% of infants, Irish maternity hospitals provide or will in future provide parents with advice in relation to dealing with and minimising the effects of the condition and the opinion of the chief medical officer on the treatment of positional plagiocephaly in infants; if a product (details supplied) is considered to be of assistance in the treatment of this condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15586/08]

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150 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the increase in the incidence of positional plagiocephaly or cranial asymmetry here since the adoption of back to sleep positioning recommendations; if, in view of US estimates that the condition affects up to 48% of infants, Irish maternity hospitals provide or will in future provide parents with advice in relation to dealing with and minimising the effects of the condition and the opinion of the chief medical officer on the treatment of positional plagiocephaly in infants; if a product (details supplied) is considered to be of assistance in the treatment of this condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15586/08]

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