The HSE is to issue new guidance to hospitals today, to further ease maternity restrictions.
Partners will be able to attend 12-week scans and C-sections, under the measures.
This is already the case in several hospitals, but the HSE says it will become standard across all units.
But Social Democrats co-leader, Roisin Shortall, says further access is needed.
“These new guidelines are very, very limited and don’t go far enough
“It is a crucial time in a couples life and it is a crucial time in a babies life.
“It is essential that the woman’s partner is there.
“At at time when you are being told when 200 people an meet outdoors for a social event or for 40,000 people to attend Croke Park, it just isn’t good enough that pregnant women are being treated like this.”
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