Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Different hospitals obviously offer different services across Ireland, whether that is in obstetrics and gynaecology or other services. I looked into this, because this point was raised at a previous committee meeting. I asked if all services were being provided in the National Maternity Hospital and in St. Vincent's Hospital. I was told that they were. I also took a look at the charter for St. Vincent's Holdings CLG, because there were suggestions that it and the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group referred to a religious ethos, but that is not the case.

Deputy Lahart also said that St. Vincent's Healthcare Group will have a majority of the members of the board of the National Maternity Hospital. That is not the case. The Mulvey agreement sets up a board composed of four members appointed by St. Vincent's, four members appointed by the National Maternity Hospital and one member appointed by the Minister for Health. That conversation is under review.