Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

-----approved transfer allows for the provision of termination services in a hospital. If the Minister can find an example of that, please let the committee know but there is none, as far as I know.

The Religious Sisters of Charity issued a statement stating that the full range of healthcare services are available. I have not been able to find anybody who believes that statement. There were many weasel words in it and much talk about consultants who are currently employed by St. Vincent's providing these services. The point is they do not provide them in St. Vincent's University Hospital but in Holles Street, which is not a Catholic hospital. How many terminations and direct terminations, if any, have been performed within St. Vincent's University Hospital on its grounds at Elm Park?

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