Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion
Mr. John O'Donoghue:
Many people in this country own apartments and I would say virtually 99.9% of those apartments are held under long leaseholds. If you told those people they did not own their buildings, they would not accept that. Likewise, many buildings across this city and country are held under leaseholds and it would not be unusual in this type of structure. As Dr. Mahony explained, the building being built on this campus is a maternity hospital but it will also have shared facilities for the remainder of the campus and it will have some St. Vincent's hospital areas. I think it is replacing dermatology facilities in the main.
Deputy Shortall may have made a point earlier about this "clinically appropriate" language. That language relates specifically to the maternity areas to make sure that is captured. That is the language used in the lease, the operating licence and any of the documents relating to the maternity hospital. When we refer to the maternity hospital it is probably the majority of the building but it is not all of the building.
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