Published Wednesday, 01 February 2012
The committee will get a chance on Wednesday afternoon to ask the Minister about the inquiry after Edwin Poots announced it to the Assembly on Tuesday.
Speaking on Tuesday, the Health Minister said that he was not convinced the Belfast Trust responded quickly enough to the discovery of the pseudomonas infection in taps at the Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital.
A total of four babies have died as a result of the outbreak.
Three of the babies died in the neonatal unit at the Royal Jubilee and one at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry - in both hospitals, the source of the infection was traced back to the taps.
The pseudomonas bug has also been found in taps at the Ulster Hospital's maternity unit, although no babies there tested positive for the infection.
The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the outbreak is likely to be made up of four experts and chaired by Professor Pat Troop, a former Chief Executive of the Health Protection Agency.
The experiences of the families of those babies who died and those who have been affected by the outbreak will also be looked at closely.