The HSE is denying maternity staff at Portiuncula University Hospital are being scapegoated by the HSE.
Women with complex pregnancies are to be transferred to University Hospital Galway from next month - despite local opposition.
The HSE has confirmed the number of cases of care currently under review has risen to 12, following another case of an infant who suffered a loss of blood or oxygen to the brain and a stillbirth.
Fianna Fáil TD and GP, Martin Daly, told today's Oireachtas health committee a 2018 review into Ballinasloe's maternity services was not implemented:
The HSE's chief executive, Bernard Gloster, accepted the Walker report hadn't been fully implemented.
But he denies staff are being scapegoated:
The HSE's chief clinical officer, Colm Henry, also denied the Roscommon-Galway TD's claim:
